Example sentences of "never been [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never been much of a book fan either . |
| 2 | Edna had never been much of a letter writer , preferring to send illustrated cards with emotive printed messages at Christmas and on birthdays . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's never been much of a plan , so there 's no reason to cancel out any initial plans of getting degrees and going on and doing something else . ’ |
| 4 | There had never been much of a garden , only the rhododendrons flowering red and pink and lilac , where bees droned happily . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’ |
| 6 | He had never been much of a fellow for breasts . |
| 7 | It 's the blues that never been never been much of a problem really . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've never been much of an exam passer . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Nelson , I 've just never been much of a dancer . |
| 10 | In the past 300 years alone , the nation has experienced industrialization , the advent of democracy , and the introduction and growth of the welfare state — yet the changes have never been such as to be described as revolutionary . |
| 11 | Because there had never been enough of anything to go around , and never would be . |
| 12 | That summer — there had never been another like it , before or since . |