Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] never [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 So I went laden out , I 'd never flown before , and I went to Kenya and life is very very different from hospitals in this country .
2 I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds .
3 I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds .
4 I knew that I 'd loved you from the moment we first met and I 'd never stopped . ’
5 I 'd never rated him , but could n't have been more wrong .
6 I 'd never wanted to respond to a man before ! ’
7 ‘ I wish to hell I 'd never sent him to your school . ’
8 ‘ I wish to hell I 'd never sent him there . ’
9 you 'd think I 'd never fed him !
10 I was a new face in the orchestra , very inexperienced , I 'd never played the piece , though I 'd studied it and practised my part .
11 I only wish I 'd never accepted his ring …
12 I 'd never done anything like that before .
13 I 'd never done any of that before either .
14 I 'd never done anything like it before .
15 ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records .
16 And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off .
17 ‘ Well , I 'd never done weights before I came to Chelsea , and my wife gives me better things to eat than bananas .
18 I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how .
19 I 'd never done anything like that before .
20 I 'd never done an ‘ ouse before .
21 And so I had to drag the coal scuttle up there , I was faced with that , and chop the sticks , which I 'd never done before .
22 going into something that I 'd never done before .
23 Sorry Chief Administrator Officer and I had to provide quite a lot of statistical information which I 'd never done before but nevertheless I , I made a fairly reasonable job of it , I had an assistant and erm I , I think I got fairly well known amongst the councillors and people who mattered and then went .
24 But I 'd never done it to a policeman before .
25 I just wished I 'd never done it you know .
26 I 'd never seen what people drank before so that was interesting — nor did I realize quite how many of the youngsters smoked !
27 I 'd never seen anything like it before .
28 The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it .
29 And then we got to school and it was all big and confusing and there was all these boys I 'd never seen before , all with their parents and some of the kids were weird-looking with funny eyes .
30 He was spending money like I 'd never seen .
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