Example sentences of "[noun] [that] i [verb] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although I have occasionally considered a larger tank in the house ( I have a 48″ × 15″ × 15″ ) , accommodating it would involve so much disruption that I have never bitten the bullet . |
| 2 | The candlelight on the peeling walls made scary shapes that I 'd never noticed before . |
| 3 | It is one of my proudest boasts that I have never thought about insurance and I am convinced that , even under torture , I could resist the temptation . |
| 4 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 6 | There were a couple of things that I 've never seen anywhere since , relics of Victorian engineering . |
| 7 | So I was the owner of an empty container in which were things that I have never seen nor wished to know about . |
| 8 | Right now , in the familiar clutter of my office , I had this feeling in my water that I had never been in the room before . |
| 9 | I was astonished to read Ben Moon saying in the July issue of Climber that I had never climbed an 8c . |
| 10 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 11 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 12 | This is the sad thing in my life that I have never been in contact with my grandchildren . |
| 13 | He introduced me to this world that I had never really come across before . |
| 14 | It was a gratifying experience to find myself liked and accepted by my peers to an extent that I had never expected . |
| 15 | There was one of a young man in her class that I 'd never met but … wait a minute ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 17 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 18 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |
| 19 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
| 20 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 21 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 22 | The woman was definitely shocked , and by the fact that I 've never bathed my child . |
| 23 | My continuing admiration for his work is not diminished by the fact that I have never received it , nor did I really expect it . |