Example sentences of "[adv] did [pers pn] ever " in BNC.

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1 Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’
2 In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water .
3 Well did you ever go , what did you say
4 How did he ever settle ? ’
5 God , she thought , how did it ever come to this ?
6 Worse , when resentment over exploitation is recognized , how did it ever get reinterpreted as illness ?
7 And — worse — how did you ever decide what you felt about that person or what she meant to you ?
8 But how did you ever meet them ?
9 He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously .
10 How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ?
11 Costa and Costa1 argue that word processing programs on microcomputers " have a way of transforming even computerphobes into dedicated believers of the " how did I ever live without it " variety " and , such is the difference in quality of output between documents produced on a word processor and those handwritten or typed on a conventional typewriter , that school librarians , teachers and pupils quickly become convinced of the need for and extensive uses of such programs .
12 But then did you ever really see your own sister objectively ?
13 Only once or twice did he ever become aroused enough for them to make love .
14 But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ?
15 Why , why did I ever leave my home ?
16 Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ?
17 And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ?
18 Why did you ever ask ?
19 Since when did they ever ?
20 When did we ever take any notice of what the fuzz said ?
21 Well , when did we ever ask you , the labour and liberal vice , to come down to Westminster with us , Mr Chairman .
22 When did you ever give me one ? ’
23 When did you ever see a student wearing that Manc gear ?
24 When did you ever tell me what was really going on in your head ?
25 When did you ever know whether Thorfinn likes or dislikes a man ?
26 When did you ever learn that verse from the end of the Doomsday .
27 When did you ever get to give Julia Roberts one ? ’
28 When did you ever see even four hippies anywhere else ?
29 When did you ever look after anyone except yourself ?
30 When did you ever put me first in your life ? ’ he demanded angrily , before taking a deep breath and clearly making a determined effort to pull himself together .
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