Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no one who writes badly ever succeeded in doing that . |
| 2 | Egon Zehnder has only ever employed 140 consultants , and 100 of those are still with the firm . |
| 3 | Sadly , his agent , James Kirkman , fends off the futile inquirer with the enthusiasm of a royal bodyguard and indignantly informs you that Freud has only ever painted ‘ family and friends ’ . |
| 4 | He has only ever given me encouragement and support . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Disco Di ’ has only ever existed in the minds of headline writers with an appreciation for alliteration . |
| 6 | Tom adds however that he has only ever seen a maximum of two wolf teeth grown in the upper jaw ; four wolf teeth are extremely rare . |
| 7 | Can it be true that , master of an essentially observational science , he has only ever made one observation in his life ( that is to say down the mines in Lancashire ) ? |
| 8 | But as this noble institution has only ever rewarded women writers for being ladylike — Oldie pin-ups , maybe — or for assuming the pompous , androgynous mantle of — God help us — George Eliot , her exclusion can be read as a back-handed compliment . |
| 9 | It has only ever had one edition in the Russian — in 1920 — and one German translation in 1922 . |
| 10 | In all this time it has only ever had three owners . |
| 11 | Terry Goldsmith has only ever watched the Gold Cup race run on television . |
| 12 | Of the remainder , IBM has only ever marketed its 600dpi product through the traditional channels ( it 's appearance at last year 's IPEX was something of an aberration while neither Printware or LaserMaster have sufficient of a foothold in the market to splash large sums of money on a marketing campaign . |
| 13 | While it might look a bit strange , even antiquated , to anyone who has only ever thought of guitar tuners as pocket sized oblong boxes with LEDs or a needle and a retail price of around forty quid , the Peterson 's ability to accurately tune any musical instrument is known throughout the music industry . |
| 14 | His survival over the years since independence in 1961 does not alter the fact that the discussion of real policy choices in a public manner has hardly ever occurred . |
| 15 | Did the following line up ever play together ? 1 Harvey 2 Reaney 3 Cooper 4 Bremner 5 Charlton 6 Hunter 7 Lorimer 8 Clarke 9 M.I.C.K Jones 10 Giles 11 E.Gray Sub 12 Madeley ? |
| 16 | Fortunately the actress has n't ever faced the situation for real . |
| 17 | He has n't ever voiced real support , and when the local water authority at last decided to build a basic screening plant , Sebastian Coe made a statement to the local paper with a pathetic one-line thanks to ‘ the local surfers ’ . |
| 18 | Her mark-up is about so what I normally do , she has never ever told me to pay for anything . |
| 19 | He 'd been so disinterested in her progress during six years of primary school that he 'd only ever visited the school once . |
| 20 | As he turned , the leg was straight up in the air , a position I 'd only ever seen Springsteen get into voluntarily . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd only ever given him pills before , and I 'm not medically trained , but it 's surprising how quickly you get used to it . |
| 22 | To test it 's authenticity I chose a dozen snails in garlic butter to start a dish that I 'd only ever eaten in Paris before . |
| 23 | However , such is the current power and purpose of a team who 'd only ever won four times before the start of this season , that nothing less than victory will do to complete a remarkable transformation from perennial under-achievers to Championship top dogs . |
| 24 | He 'd only ever taken Johnnie camping before , and had no idea how she would take to it . |
| 25 | Well on the Wittering job he said he wanted somebody there you know er myself as manager to oversee the job but on the Sheffield Wednesday job , incidentally I 'd I got the contract from them both , the Sheffield Wednesday job was done I 'd only ever had to visit it once and that was at my request not at anybody else 's and either way both erm the Wittering and the Sheffield Wednesday er there have been other drivers going . |
| 26 | Damn this man and his ability to force her into probing her own psyche more deeply than she 'd perhaps ever done before . |
| 27 | She 'd hardly ever spoken to them . |
| 28 | I 'd hardly ever tried it . |
| 29 | He 'd never ever got used to Rachel 's being pregnant . |
| 30 | Do you do you remember ever ever having long periods of illness yourself ? |