Example sentences of "i [verb] never [adv] seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before writing this I 'd never actually seen it before , but after playing it I realise I did n't miss anything . |
| 2 | I had never even seen a Muslim — apart , of course , from on the television , and the ones I had seen there — I will be absolutely frank — did not seem a particularly inspiring bunch ! ’ |
| 3 | Faussone talks about ‘ the way we bent our elbows ’ — an expression ( for eating or drinking ) which I have heard spoken in English , but which I had never before seen written down in a book . |
| 4 | We visited Blackwell 's , such a bookshop as I had never before seen , and Vivien left with armfuls of books , and I , happy with one modest Penguin . |
| 5 | I had never before seen any Benedict 's sister do that . |
| 6 | I had never before seen such a soft light in those once proud eyes , or felt such a friendly touch of her once cold hand . |
| 7 | Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side . |
| 8 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never even seen a creature like that in my life ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've never even seen this man Pratesi . ’ |
| 11 | Ricci , that 's bleeding horses — I 've never even seen a horse , dear , except with a policeman underneath or on My Friend Flicka , and I do n't care WHAT they wear at the wretched Olympics . ’ |
| 12 | But by the time we got there , and there was and there was people there I 've never even seen before in my life ! |
| 13 | Oh I 've never even seen anything of her Jane |
| 14 | ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie . |
| 15 | Well I do n't know cos I 've never actually seen any police in these flats . |
| 16 | I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’ |
| 17 | I 've never actually seen one . |
| 18 | and I 've never actually seen it . |
| 19 | I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme . |
| 20 | While I confess that when it comes to Ovation roundback instruments I 've never really seen what the fuss was about , I 've always had a sneaking admiration for anyone who uses them . |
| 21 | Well , thank you very much er , Geoffrey , erm that was a very full , and I think er , and as he says , cautious account of what 's been happening , and he does remind me of all the finance officers that I 've ever known , in this thing , I 've never really seen , or rarely seen them smile . |
| 22 | I 've never never seen or witnessed that . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 24 | I 've never before seen cadaveric spasm in a case of homicidal manual throttling , and it 's interesting . |
| 25 | I have never yet seen him lose courage . ’ |
| 26 | The cellar I have at least seen , and been in occasionally ; I know all the rooms on the ground floor and the second ; the loft is my domain entirely and home of the Wasp Factory , no less ; but that one room on the first floor I do n't know , I have never even seen inside . |
| 27 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 28 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |