Example sentences of "as i [verb] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 2 | As I had never actually made a cold application for a job before , I did n't really know what to make of this . |
| 3 | We visited Blackwell 's , such a bookshop as I had never before seen , and Vivien left with armfuls of books , and I , happy with one modest Penguin . |
| 4 | The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me , especially as I had never raced him . |
| 5 | If he 'd gone to the crematorium mortuary with Alan , there would have been a blank in my mind , as I had never seen it , and anyway it was thirty miles away . |
| 6 | I , on the other hand , was free as I had never been before : free of the boring business of examinations to be got through and jobs to be found , I was forming my life into a growing , organic design , normal and beautiful . |
| 7 | I had enjoyed Hope and the work we did at night , but I detested working at night , as I had never managed to sleep well during the day . |
| 8 | As I had never climbed in Borrowdale I left the selection to Sid . |
| 9 | As silently as I could , I began to move away , and as soon as I was clear of the trees , began to run as I had never run before . |
| 10 | Then , for five minutes at least , he was still again , and then , when he knew he was talking with God , his arm went around my shoulder and there came up from the depth of his heart such petitions for men as I had never heard be-fore . |
| 11 | I remembered this recently with all these people falling from express trains but did n't think it could be the same on local lines as I had never heard anyone complain before . |
| 12 | But as I 've never played this game before I did n't know the rules . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't know , ’ she said coolly , though her heart was making furious thunder inside her chest , ‘ as I 've never ridden in either vehicle . |
| 14 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |
| 15 | As I have never been interested in argument , he must often have felt frustrated by my silences , my refusal to rise to the bait . |
| 16 | Of television we say : I want it as I have never had it . |
| 17 | As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way . |
| 18 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 19 | This could be correct as I have never seen them spawn , as other tetras , in the early morning . |
| 20 | Hating as I have never hated . |
| 21 | Then I slept as I have never slept before or since , a deep , drugged sleep like an anaesthetic . |