Example sentences of "never [be] [det] " in BNC.

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1 There 's no key , there never are any keys to the rooms of these posh new houses .
2 Roland had never been much interested in Randolph Henry Ash 's vanished body ; he did not spend time visiting his house in Russell Street , or sitting where he had sat , on stone garden seats ; that was Cropper 's style .
3 It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore .
4 Never been much of a book fan either .
5 Edna had never been much of a letter writer , preferring to send illustrated cards with emotive printed messages at Christmas and on birthdays .
6 Tapping his cheese knife in rhythm on the edge of the table , Martin said , ‘ I do n't know whether you 've noticed , but there 's never been much love lost between your mother and me .
7 He 's never been much help to his father . ’
8 ‘ There 's never been much of a plan , so there 's no reason to cancel out any initial plans of getting degrees and going on and doing something else . ’
9 There had never been much of a garden , only the rhododendrons flowering red and pink and lilac , where bees droned happily .
10 ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’
11 He had never been much of a fellow for breasts .
12 It 's the blues that never been never been much of a problem really .
13 But there 's never been much interest around here .
14 There had never been much spare cash in the Burrows household .
15 ‘ You 've never been much of an exam passer . ’
16 You 've never been much help to anyone all your life , but I think you were trying then .
17 There 's never been much doubt about Kitson .
18 I could see a barge or something out there in the middle of the Thames but I 've never been much good with boats .
19 ‘ Nelson , I 've just never been much of a dancer .
20 In other words , more people are surviving to 60 , and enjoying the kind of lifespan which has never been all that rare , but which is now much more common , simply because so few humans die at or just after birth , in the first five years of life , and so on .
21 ‘ Billy 's never been all that interested in women , Annie , ’ she replied .
22 Or should he turn desire aside and pretend that there had never been that brief , blinding flare of longing between them ?
23 And she had never been that .
24 Nastily , she said , and he had never been that before .
25 Oh aye Well I 've never been that way see .
26 She told her how beautiful they were , how there had never been such a blue .
27 There had never been such a period before , of such security and stability .
28 As for the matter of the diversion of funds , he still believed that there had never been such a thing .
29 There had never been such a literary success in England .
30 There never had been such a moment , for critics ; there has never been such a moment since .
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