Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I 've never been , and , on the wall , |
| 2 | ‘ When I was very young I had frequent dreams of Israel and the River Jordan , although I had never been there , and the first word I spoke was ‘ Abba ’ — the Jewish word for father . |
| 3 | Strathbeg is one of the least known and yet most delightful lochs in Scotland and I was aware of its reputation , having discovered it whilst researching my book The Trout Lochs of Scotland , although I had never fished there . |
| 4 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 5 | Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine . |
| 6 | ‘ I like Dickon , although I 've never seen him . ’ |
| 7 | Although I 've never I 've not met this element before it 's rather interesting . |
| 8 | ‘ Although I 've never thought about it if I was doing a job down here . ’ |
| 9 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 10 | We had real cowboys teaching us how to use a gun although I 've never felt the need to carry a gun um , I felt like a five year old with a pistol . |
| 11 | Indeed the magazine tables proffer The Economist , the Spectator and a clutch of literary magazines , although I 've never seen any of them being read . |
| 12 | He had n't really kicked her in the face ; you 've got to draw the line somewhere , although I 've never been exactly sure where . |
| 13 | They 've got the spare uniform somewhere , although I 've never seen it . |
| 14 | Rather like running the YMCA in fact , although I 'd never thought of it like that before . |
| 15 | I would be responsible for sound , second-unit camera , and most of the stills — although I 'd never operated a movie-camera or tape-recorder in my life . |
| 16 | Then , although I 'd never had any morning sickness , I began to feel pain after I 'd eaten . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 18 | They are a part of the process , although I have never signed an artist from a demo without seeing the group play live . |
| 19 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 20 | I do sometimes go down to 2½lb , but although I have never been broken on it I never feel as confident as I ought . |
| 21 | They were grand folk , and it 's because of them that I am not one of the antismoking lobby ( although I have never associated personally with nicotine ) . |
| 22 | I believe that the general practitioners find a problem list more informative ( although I have never investigated this formally ) and that the copy letters in the notes make a more useful case summary than the handwritten record . |
| 23 | Oisin , who knew a little of the theory of sorcery — ‘ Although I have never aspired to its practice , ’ he would have said modestly — knew that with the emerging of the first , the others would have gained strength and confidence . |
| 24 | There 's too much hype connected to most beauty products so I 've never become a slave to any particular shampoo . |
| 25 | They were both just records to me , so I 've never felt anything like that . ’ |
| 26 | OK , so I 've never seen Kurt look quite that pale before , and I 'm not sure it 's such a good idea for Courtney to be zipping about with Kurt on that hired motorbike while seven months pregnant but , hell , it 's not as if anyone 's dead . |
| 27 | I do n't eat prepared food myself , so I have never liked it for my terrier . |
| 28 | I know you write under the pseudonym of Ben MacLean and wish to keep your literary activities secret , so I have never seen anything wrong in taking in your mail . ’ |
| 29 | The stitches are always transferred from back to front , not side to side , so I have never encountered any problem with bias knitting . |
| 30 | ‘ I was a millionaire almost overnight about ten years ago so I have never been motivated for money . |