Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've never been [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 've never been a trade union man myself , never saw the point , but in terms of research and analysis I found the field a fascinating one .
2 Rosemary , at forty , told me : I 've never been a child
3 I 've never been a child , ’ she told me .
4 I 've never been a big knitter .
5 A refreshing interlude came by way of sorbet , something I 've never been a lover of , but this was quite , quite different .
6 I 've never been a fan of compressors for guitars , but in this case it makes quite a lot of difference when it comes to creating and controlling a guitar sound .
7 I 've never been a person for holidays but when I was sixteen I left drama college , with my grant , and tried hitching to Cairo ; that 's my idea of travelling .
8 I 've never been a person for holidays but when I was sixteen I left drama college , with my grant , and tried hitching to Cairo ; that 's my idea of travelling .
9 I 've never been a monk , Shannon .
10 I 've never been a part of any plot !
11 I 've never been a person that gets something for nothing .
12 No , I do n't boil onions , I 'm not , I 've never been a big onions chap .
13 But I 've never been the world 's best listener .
14 I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went .
15 I 've never been the same since he told me how he hated fey women .
16 Yeah , I 've never been the same since I was there you know
17 You 've never been a particularly satisfactory child , but your behaviour right now is a disgrace !
18 We 've never been a real emotional team , win or lose .
19 And we 've never been the poor , in a proper sense .
20 It 's funny they 've never been a great juice freak really
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