Example sentences of "[coord] had never [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was a child and had never even heard the word ‘ regression ’ , I was always fascinated by anything to do with the Tudor period of English history . |
| 2 | Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . |
| 3 | A naturally shy man , who does n't boast about his achievements , and had never previously agreed to any magazine interview , Zarei will not say who the winning runner was , and is reluctant to talk about the times he has put sportsmanship before victory , unless his motives are misinterpreted . |
| 4 | The king was about to sail for Brittany to marry the duchess , and in his absence from the realm Richard would come again with a great host , Richard who was not dead , but alive and in safe hiding in Scotland , and had never truly relinquished his own . |
| 5 | She was profoundly upset and had never really recovered from the shock . |
| 6 | Charles Caldecott , who owned the Whetstone Park Stud , was an odd character whom Kelly had met a couple of times and had never really taken to . |
| 7 | She was accustomed to pain , but had never yet let an opponent strike her and survive . |
| 8 | He had previously stayed at the hotel on twelve or thirteen occasions , but had never before occupied a room on the ground floor . |
| 9 | But what did the winner of the game actually think — Keith Wells , the man who had brought the game to England but had never actually played it before ? |
| 10 | Other evidence collected by COBE supported the theory that up to 90 per cent of the universe was made up of " dark matter " , the presence of which scientists had inferred but had never directly detected . |
| 11 | She had known the truth for some time by then more or less , and the legal position , but had never quite managed to have it out with her mother . |