Example sentences of "i [verb] never been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 2 | ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never been a monk , Shannon . |
| 4 | I 've never been a part of any plot ! |
| 5 | Rosemary , at forty , told me : I 've never been a child |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never been a child , ’ she told me . |
| 7 | I 've never been a person for holidays but when I was sixteen I left drama college , with my grant , and tried hitching to Cairo ; that 's my idea of travelling . |
| 8 | I 've never been a person for holidays but when I was sixteen I left drama college , with my grant , and tried hitching to Cairo ; that 's my idea of travelling . |
| 9 | I 've never been a person that gets something for nothing . |
| 10 | I 've never been a fan of compressors for guitars , but in this case it makes quite a lot of difference when it comes to creating and controlling a guitar sound . |
| 11 | I 've never been a trade union man myself , never saw the point , but in terms of research and analysis I found the field a fascinating one . |
| 12 | A refreshing interlude came by way of sorbet , something I 've never been a lover of , but this was quite , quite different . |
| 13 | Gentlemen , not only had our trade been inundated with boys , but fortunately or unfortunately , we have had another element introduced , and you know that I have never been a person who ignored the company of the opposite sex . |
| 14 | I reflected on it , but declined , principally because of my unwillingness to belong to any party — I have never been a party member — and perhaps even more because the seat I was offered appeared to be an impregnable Tory stronghold . |
| 15 | But I have never been a lover of cheese myself , except with Christmas cake . |
| 16 | I have never been a defaulter . |
| 17 | I have never been a Marxist . |