Example sentences of "[pers pn] be never [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said to the Foreign Secretary in an intervention , I was never one to support the idea of the cold war — the idea that there was an imminent threat of a Soviet invasion of western Europe . |
| 2 | But then , you were never one to dwell on the past , were you ? ’ |
| 3 | He is never one to go for gimmicks or flavour of the month hairdressing . |
| 4 | Ah but he 's never one to neglect his . |
| 5 | His overall average against England is a splendid 54.97 , with almost 2,000 runs scored in 25 games ; before the last series he was even averaging 63 , although he was never one to get too bothered about statistics . |
| 6 | On the all-important matter of holding a Council he was prepared to wait on the king 's convenience for a long time : he was never one to underestimate the needs of secular government . |