Example sentences of "but i have never [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 've never been to the Lodge . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ This is my 11th war but I 've never been shot before . |
| 7 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 8 | No , I said , I 'm not , but I 've never been ashamed of er of er of my parents and my background . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |
| 12 | But I 've never been tempted to change my mind . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I know it 's feeble , Jess , and silly , but I 've never been one to stand up for my rights , so to speak . |
| 14 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |
| 15 | As you may know , our family lived in NZ from 1969 to 1978 and last year we returned for a 6-month tour , but I 've never been over the Haast Pass so that is a personal goal for me ! |
| 16 | But I 've never been this close before … ’ |
| 17 | I could see a barge or something out there in the middle of the Thames but I 've never been much good with boats . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've read about the island of Madeira , but I 've never been there . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I 've heard about it , of course , but I 've never been there . ’ |
| 20 | Danbridge or you can come up Danbridge in the up to Wolvercloth , yes , but I 've never been , it 's the first time I 've ever been anywhere near the shopping |
| 21 | but I 've never been to it |
| 22 | Paul 's dad , but I 've never been in a bus with Paul 's dad . |
| 23 | Felipe had let me drive around the hacienda but I had never been on a road . ’ |
| 24 | I was skinny but I 'd never been so healthy in my life . |
| 25 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 26 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 27 | ‘ They told me I was in Thailand with him but I have never been to Thailand in my life . ’ |
| 28 | I have often looked for it with binoculars , but I have never been able to glimpse it even with × 20 , though my 76-mm refractor brings it out unmistakably , and with my 39-cm reflector I have no trouble in seeing the central star . |
| 29 | One globular cluster , NGC 5466 , is said to be visible , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 30 | M67 is in the field with Alpha ( 4.2 ) ; it is said to be visible with the naked eye , but I have never been able to confirm this , though with binoculars it is very easy indeed . |