Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] never been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never been involved in before as an Area Housing Officer , and just involved with day to day management , but with it being a clearance area it 's a totally different approach , and the sort of things that you deal with are totally different as well . |
| 2 | It was Irene , for instance , who pointed out something I 'd never been able to put my finger on : that Tod ca n't talk and smile at the same time . |
| 3 | I 'd never been interested in guitarists as guitarists until I heard Johnny Marr . |
| 4 | She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian . |
| 5 | I had never been awake in it as early as that before . |
| 6 | On the plus side was the fact that the Foreign Office and the years spent in Cabinet were a good apprenticeship , while in addition I had never been afraid of taking decisions . |
| 7 | I had never been happier . |
| 8 | The nightmares stopped instantly after this explanation , and I was able to give lectures , stand up for myself and speak in public — all of which I had never been able to do before . ’ |
| 9 | I had never been able to understand them then , but I sympathized with them now . |
| 10 | I had never been able to do that , not with such unselfconscious pleasure , perhaps because deep down I had resented his existence which was preventing me doing all the marvellous things I had intended to do in the world . |
| 11 | I had never been able to persuade her to accept any money for her kindness and tried to reciprocate by doing any small repairs she needed to her flat , and by supplying occasional tickets for the theatre , for the tennis at Wimbledon , and for the races at Epsom . |
| 12 | Even when she was well , I had never been able to relax because I never knew from one day to the next how I was going to find her . |
| 13 | I had never been fitter or stronger . |
| 14 | And among the unexpected discoveries in the ‘ skiploads of junk ’ at Calke was a state bed with all its Chinese hangings , which had never been unwrapped and was therefore in mint condition ( valued at £1 million at least ) . |
| 15 | The class of people for whom this may have been of paramount importance was not the traditional aristocracy which had never been involved in work , having merely inherited their estates , but those termed the nouveaux riches , the use of which term implies a much more direct involvement in the work process as the basis for capital accumulation . |
| 16 | It would mean telling her everything — and telling the full truth about himself had never been easy . |
| 17 | Until the 1982 health service dispute , she 'd never been involved in a trade union , nor had she ever gone to any meetings about anything . |
| 18 | She 'd never been comfortable trading sallies with men . |
| 19 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 20 | She could remember the bra , it had been rather a good black lace wired Kayser Bondor , of a line that appeared to have been discontinued , as she 'd never been able to find another . |
| 21 | In his arms , pressed close against the hard , powerful body she 'd never been able to banish from her mind , she forgot everything but him , knew nothing but the agonising joy of being in his arms . |
| 22 | Heaven knew , with an entire house to decorate , there was n't much time for sun-worshipping , but she 'd never been able to resist the lure of the warmth for long . |
| 23 | She 'd never been able to lie to Candy — the other woman knew her too well , could see through her straight away . |
| 24 | She had never been involved in his business and as it grew , saw considerably less of her husband . |
| 25 | Derek was confident that she had never been involved in anything subversive in her life or , for that matter , anything which was not completely dignified and fully reputable . |
| 26 | To tell Luke the truth , somehow force him to accept that she had never been involved with Florian in the way he imagined , might just possibly put an end to his — his persecution of her . |
| 27 | The Vale of Blackmoor was her only world , and she had never been far outside the valley . |
| 28 | She had never been close to one before , and it was very big . |
| 29 | Since that time , however , she had never been well . |
| 30 | Aunt Sophie woke suddenly , eyes clear , as though she had never been asleep . |