"It isn't as if I haven't been kissed by a king before."

The character hasn't been kissed before, which is quite incredible.

She kissed him better than he had ever been kissed before.

It wasn't as if I'd never been kissed before.

She had been kissed before, and often, but never like this.

They'd kissed before, and the hot sensation between them had shocked Jenny.

His other Givens had been kissed before, and some more than that.

It wasn't as if she had never been kissed before.

She did not recall ever having been kissed before.

She'd been kissed before, and she wasn't against the practice.