Example sentences of "[pers pn] have never been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | She 'd never been comfortable trading sallies with men . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They had never been close friends but they had got on well ; lately , however , a gap had opened . |
| 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 . |