Example sentences of "[pers pn] have never [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never been a prime minister before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 big knitter . |
| 8 | A refreshing interlude came by way of sorbet , something I 've never been a lover of , but this was quite , quite different . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never been a monk , Shannon . |
| 13 | I 've never been a part of any plot ! |
| 14 | I 've never been a person that gets something for nothing . |
| 15 | No , I do n't boil onions , I 'm not , I 've never been a big onions chap . |
| 16 | I have never been a Marxist . |
| 17 | I have never been a defaulter . |
| 18 | I HAVE never been a good passenger . |
| 19 | Until now I have never been a particular admirer of Fifine , but somehow the improved quality brings out the score 's atmosphere and personality much more vividly , and Beecham 's exquisite handling of detail makes a much greater impact . |
| 20 | I have never been a Christian feminist , with typical Christian feminist concerns and sensibilities . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But I have never been a lover of cheese myself , except with Christmas cake . |
| 24 | She 'd never been a proper mother and I hated the way she was acting with that man . |
| 25 | She 'd never been a raving beauty , it was true , but at the moment she looked a wreck . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've never been a particularly satisfactory child , but your behaviour right now is a disgrace ! |
| 27 | She adopted an abrasive stance towards the European Common Market , for which she had never been a strong enthusiast . |
| 28 | It should n't ; she had never been a woman to give a damn about other people 's opinions . |
| 29 | She had always said she had never been a shop-girl and she was n't going to start now . |
| 30 | She had never been a snob in the unpleasant sense of the word , but she had always set great store by Father 's material success , and later by my having been to Oxford and then on my becoming a doctor . |