Example sentences of "[that] i had never [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Friends who were not knitters had been amazed that I had never met any of the people that I would be staying with .
2 The fact is that I had never seen it , or known what I was seeing , until that day : …
3 I felt that I had never seen anyone so old .
4 The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this .
5 He looked as strong as before and his hair was still black , but in his face I saw a bitter , desperate look , that I had never seen there before .
6 Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ?
7 I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary .
8 One after another I picked up other stones and began to marvel at the diversity and beauty of them , that I had never noticed before .
9 I felt a little ashamed that I had never cared enough for any of my father 's relatives to give even a thought to their reactions to the prospect of an irregular addition to the family .
10 Before that I had never known that human beings could do such things to others , but after that I knew .
11 It was a gratifying experience to find myself liked and accepted by my peers to an extent that I had never expected .
12 ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’
13 I was astonished to read Ben Moon saying in the July issue of Climber that I had never climbed an 8c .
14 I wish now that I had never spoken to you . ’
15 I could only be glad that I had never spoken of my plan to Joe , when he was looking after me .
16 ‘ The thing I remember about my first visit is that I had never sung so much before .
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