Example sentences of "never [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had never been close friends but they had got on well ; lately , however , a gap had opened . |
| 2 | We 've never been keen gardeners but last year we decided to make a special effort and bought a big selection of plants and seeds . |
| 3 | The table was bare again , as if there had never been good food and wine . |
| 4 | Indian tours have never been simple affairs and after barely 24 hours the current one is shaping up like its predecessors . |
| 5 | They had never been observant Jews ; they had been steeped in German , not Jewish , culture and identified with it . |
| 6 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |
| 7 | Spit and polish and the mindless regime of kit preparation have never been guiding principles in the Light Division ; nonetheless , each recruit takes a pride in his appearance and is at pains to ensure that his turnout is of the highest standard . |
| 8 | Nails ' mum and dad had never been homely sorts . |
| 9 | ‘ Susan and I have never been social butterflies , ’ Breeze explained with dignity , ‘ and I do n't think we shall be able to entertain much . |
| 10 | Yet language difficulties have never been insurmountable barriers . |
| 11 | We need to ensure that the management of community care is improved to meet the needs of those who are discharged from hospitals and , more particularly , of those who have never been long-stay patients in our hospitals for the mentally ill . |
| 12 | She 'd never been comfortable trading sallies with men . |
| 13 | , director of research at ICAS and editor of the study , conceded that there can ‘ never be total independence but , in being responsible only to the chief executive and the financial reporting and audit committee , there could be relative but strong independence ’ . |
| 14 | Sure , The La 's will never be stand-up comedians or the most demonstrative folk , but this music does send you places . |
| 15 | He would have lain down and been rolled over and that is why he must never be Prime Minister . |
| 16 | ‘ There will never be other women now , ’ he promised softly . |
| 17 | Lastly , freedom of speech is necessary since silent alternatives can never be effective alternatives . |
| 18 | Only Lord Scarman 's speech is couched in terms which might suggest that the refusal of a child below the age of 16 to accept medical treatment was determinative ( see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 188H–189B ) because there could never be concurrent rights to consent : |
| 19 | In our world of competing newspapers and television , of leaks , press conferences and official communiques , fact-finding commissions are necessary ; and we know for example that there will never be full agreement on what are the facts behind the sinking of the Belgrano or the Rainbow Warrior . |
| 20 | Eventually politicians and the general public will have to accept that there will never be full employment again , and will have to provide a living for those unlikely ever to get jobs . |
| 21 | Brewing will never be big business for the Glennie Brewery . |
| 22 | Never was economic gain , as well as the consideration of military security which we mentioned earlier , more clearly in evidence . |
| 23 | never was Socialist propaganda on sane and sound lines so needed as it was today … |