Example sentences of "have never been [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These eight tasks of audit can not be carried out in smaller schools — schools in which it has never been possible to develop subject differentiation to the same degree as in larger schools . |
| 2 | I 've never been able to say rum a widow . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never been able to respect people who go back . |
| 4 | I 've never been able to speak Spanish before , apart from a few odd phrases like spaghetti bolognese and virtuosi di Roma ! |
| 5 | ‘ Oh … er … well , I 've never been able to afford gear like this , ’ I said sheepishly . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never been scared to wear hats , although I know some people are . |
| 7 | They had never been able to like Sean Walsh , not since the very first day he had turned up at Benny 's tenth birthday party . |
| 8 | For him the girl in the picture ‘ was made to seem perfectly in context as he had never been able to see people before ’ . |
| 9 | Trish had never been able to trace Will 's breeder , though she is certain that he is mostly thoroughbred . |
| 10 | But while the views expressed in the current policy statement are still valid , such declarations , which have never been sufficient to deter censorship in libraries , are now patently inadequate , in spite of being updated to reflect perhaps the differing rationale for censorship . |
| 11 | Applying the satanic indicators , they can find signs anywhere , but they have never been able to furnish proof . |
| 12 | The similarity between then and now is that powerful and established club chairmen have never been able to trust individuals to negotiate on their behalf . |
| 13 | although my plants have never been inclined to follow suit . |