Example sentences of "they had never been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was argued that such covenants are often contained in conveyances , leases and mortgages , and that they had never been subject to the doctrine of restraint of trade and consequently the test of reasonableness . |
| 2 | In this sense they had never been closer . |
| 3 | He impressed Meredith Jones as he impressed Philip Burton — both to an extent that they had never been impressed before , driving them to help him help himself . |
| 4 | They had never been close friends but they had got on well ; lately , however , a gap had opened . |
| 5 | They had never been this alone and this close together , and there was just no way not to be intensely aware of him . |
| 6 | They had never been observant Jews ; they had been steeped in German , not Jewish , culture and identified with it . |
| 7 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 8 | There was some shrapnel in one of his legs which they had never been able to get out . |
| 9 | They had never been able to like Sean Walsh , not since the very first day he had turned up at Benny 's tenth birthday party . |
| 10 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |