Example sentences of "because i [vb past] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere ! |
| 2 | I suspected it was because I had never been properly in love with anyone before , and the sensation was too strange , too pleasant , and too personal for sharing . |
| 3 | I liked the experience because I had never done it . |
| 4 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |
| 5 | I was very worried , because I had never done anything like it in my life and I 'm not at all handy , but I got a reputation for being a worker . |
| 6 | I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal . |
| 7 | I was a bit lost because I had never been anywhere before , but I was met in a pony and trap and taken to my new employer . |
| 8 | Before without really knowing it , I was just preparing for that one lesson to get through that one lesson , but partly I think as a matter of survival in this situation , because I had never taught children before and really did n't have an overview at that point . |
| 9 | And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off . |
| 10 | ‘ I was really nervous because I 'd never kissed anybody and she was really nice . |
| 11 | John , 39 , found the record haul while renovating a Liverpool house and dumped them ‘ because I 'd never heard of Larry Lurex ’ . |
| 12 | As far as lab work went , I always felt very intimidated because I 'd never touched anything more technical than a hairdryer , and all these boys around me were confidently plugging in their oscilloscopes , because I mean , I suppose they had their train sets and that sort of thing , and I was very scared to plug things in , in case they blew up . |
| 13 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
| 14 | I just got that scared , because I 'd never been to an antenatal class , I did n't know what was going to happen . |
| 15 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 16 | Erm because I 'd never actually been in the flats before . |
| 17 | But my father heard about it , he bailed me out , got a lawyer , and they dismissed the case in the end because I 'd never been paid . |
| 18 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 19 | It was great , but it was I mean , I , I have to watch it because I 'd never seen it before |
| 20 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |