Example sentences of "'d ever " in BNC.

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31 At the US Open at Shinnecock Hills he played the best I 'd ever seen him play — probably even better than he was going to in the British Open .
32 I saw the biggest , steepest cylinders of water I 'd ever seen from the relative sanctuary of the beach , and Pottz finally landed the world title .
33 They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film .
34 She had to be brave enough to finish the job , braver than she 'd ever been before , really to fulfil the Promise and the Law .
35 Then , faster than she 'd ever climbed before , she went up that tree .
36 ‘ I used to lie on my bed all day thinking about every bloody meal I 'd ever had in my life .
37 We had a really marvellous holiday in October — three whole weeks , much longer than we 'd ever been able to have while Michael was working .
38 There were seven of them , and it was a source of perpetual wonder to me that they 'd ever learned to speak their own languages , never mind anyone else 's .
39 I do n't think I 'd ever really looked at him , to be honest .
40 Blackness , warm and friendly as Wolf 's fur , the only warmth he 'd ever had .
41 Easily the oldest woman he 'd ever been with .
42 She liked this man more than anyone she 'd ever met .
43 My parents thought my marriage was the first sensible thing I 'd ever done .
44 Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ?
45 There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post .
46 It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before .
47 Silk was the meanest , toughest professional he 'd ever known .
48 Before she had time to assimilate anything , from the top of the gangway came a terrible growl — deep , huge , more frightening in its ferocity than any wild animal she 'd ever heard .
49 It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship .
50 Looking at it , Jess thought it the grandest place she 'd ever seen .
51 He was the first person who 'd ever really bothered about her .
52 It was the first time he 'd ever slept with a woman and it felt like burglary .
53 There were times when he missed her ; hers was the only woman 's body that he 'd ever known .
54 It was the shortest rainstorm he 'd ever seen .
55 And waking suddenly like that , you woke in a thousand different places at once , all the places that you 'd ever been .
56 Dad was plumper than he 'd ever been .
57 I felt lower than I 'd ever felt before .
58 He knew how to look at you as if you were the only person who 'd ever interested him .
59 There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen .
60 Where Emily had learned to thieve so skilfully I 'll never know — perhaps she 'd taught herself — but it was the niftiest piece of pilfering I 'd ever witnessed .
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