For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Paul had never been inside it, but he used to stand near the hotel's wide glass doors.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

But the invasion never came. For years,American scientists had been developing a secret weapon,the atomic bomb.

VOA: special.2011.06.23

But she decided to tell about political changes in the United States from the point of view of someone who had never investigated the subject.

VOA: special.2010.12.10

But it had never been used. Finally,she remembered a country cemetery they had visited.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

But the Bulldogs had never won the state championship -- until this year.

VOA: special.2010.11.25

But it never broke. Once again, Lee had stopped the Union army.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Before that August day,others had found gold,but never in huge amounts.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

But he had never before held an elected office.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

But they had never been very successful.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Here is a reading of his description of his first sight of the bats and the big cave: "I thought it was a volcano, but then,I'd never seen a volcano nor never before had I seen bats swarm, for that matter.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Because of that, over time he realized that we were abusing the ocean, but people up there didn't know that because they had never seen what was underwater."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18