Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] never be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 2 | I just went through and said , " I 'm going out for some cigarettes , " and went out , and I 've never been back . |
| 3 | ‘ I saw it in the paper , and I 've never been so pleased about anything in all my life . ’ |
| 4 | And I 've never been carol-singing in April before . |
| 5 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't go abroad on holiday — and I 've never been to the Caribbean , ’ she wailed helplessly as he added yet another gorgeous outfit to the huge pile he 'd already chosen . |
| 7 | And awful , and I 've never been so confused in my whole life . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Things are really beginning to roll now , and I 've never been so happy . |
| 9 | But as I say , I 've never seen anything , and I 've never been able to find anybody who can provide that answer for me . |
| 10 | I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian . |
| 11 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 12 | And I had never been away from home because er too far from the village . |
| 13 | ‘ Susan and I have never been social butterflies , ’ Breeze explained with dignity , ‘ and I do n't think we shall be able to entertain much . |
| 14 | I was nervous in the dressing room but once on the pitch and with the thrill of being presented to the Princess Royal it felt just great and I have never been so proud in my life , especially when I saw my sister , Kirsty , up in the stand . |
| 15 | ‘ We have recently moved to this village and I have never been so bored in all my life . |
| 16 | ‘ Cavell and I have never been lovers , ’ Luke interrupted her incisively . |
| 17 | And I have never been to Ireland . |
| 18 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 19 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 20 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 21 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 22 | ‘ But I 've never been to the Lodge . |
| 23 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 24 | ‘ This is my 11th war but I 've never been shot before . |
| 25 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 26 | No , I said , I 'm not , but I 've never been ashamed of er of er of my parents and my background . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 29 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |
| 30 | But I 've never been tempted to change my mind . ’ |