Example sentences of "never been the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been the Queen 's style to rant and rave when things have gone wrong — and in truth she has never needed to . |
| 2 | Subtle word-play had never been the Conducator 's forte . |
| 3 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 4 | But availability of coal resource has never been the industry 's problem — the essential difficulties are lack of demand and high cost of production . |
| 5 | A transfer of other real property , such as the holiday home to the wife , will give rise to a capital gains liability if at the time of the transfer , as is more than likely , the parties are separated in such circumstances as are likely to prove permanent or are separated under a court order ( see p16 ) ( see , for example , Aspden v Hildesley [ 1982 ] 1 WLR 264 where a transfer of property which had never been the husband 's main residence was made to the wife six years after the parties separated ) . |