Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] ever a " in BNC.

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1 Two readers , Meryl Emerson of Alresford and Mrs. D. Dibble of Farnborough , are both agreed that if ever a shopkeeper deserved our Gold Star , it is Lena Kerry of Woolwork in Grosvenor Road , Aldershot , Hampshire .
2 I kept telling myself that it was n't likely , that the man who shot at me could n't have known anything about my boat or he would n't have asked about my car , that I 'd met no one else on the entire expedition , and that if ever a place could be described as lonely and unvisited , it was Winter Marsh in mid-October .
3 The purchaser hopes that if ever a court considers any one level of protection to be unreasonable , it may sever this from the agreement and leave the other covenants untouched or impose a more reasonable amended form .
4 We however consider it the best mode of instruction , as we are perpetually saying , that when ever a horse acts agreeably to the wishes of his rider , it should follow that he receive some indulgence from him .
5 And if ever a man sleeps well after a day 's work done well that man is , and I pray God give him rest , Donald Templeton ! ’
6 And if ever a woman could make a rabbit pie , it 's our Maggie .
7 Well , there were precedents for such things ; and if ever a monarch might not rest peacefully in the Fields of Aarru , that man was Akhenaten .
8 er , and if ever an incident happens in our part of Leicester , and there 's a police statement about it , it 's usually quoting him .
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