Example sentences of "never [vb pp] before in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She knew why he was doing this and she knew too that this was an intimacy she had never permitted before in her life .
2 I have never busked before in my life .
3 Her soft blue eyes hardened as they had never done before in her life and she met his gaze head-on .
4 You will probably do things that you have never done before in your life .
5 A tall lady in dark blue velvet , with a string of agates round her neck and a golden diadem in her hair ; a lady Isabella had never seen before in her year at the court of Gwynedd .
6 Stopped , just for five minutes , just to have a quick look , and now here you are , in charge of the stall of a woman you do n't know , a woman you 've never seen before in your life , and all because someone called Harry was n't to get away with something — And that man with blue eyes was watching her again .
7 ‘ But I am allowed to say I was deeply disappointed , because he let things go on which I 've never seen before in my time back in England .
8 Erm , I had n't actually felt that violent , I 'd been having extremes of emotion all week erm , very high , very low , very very fearful , panic attacks which I 'd never had before in my life .
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