Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been so disinterested in her progress during six years of primary school that he 'd only ever visited the school once . |
| 2 | As he turned , the leg was straight up in the air , a position I 'd only ever seen Springsteen get into voluntarily . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He 'd only ever taken Johnnie camping before , and had no idea how she would take to it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Damn this man and his ability to force her into probing her own psyche more deeply than she 'd perhaps ever done before . |
| 9 | She 'd hardly ever spoken to them . |
| 10 | I 'd hardly ever tried it . |
| 11 | He 'd never ever got used to Rachel 's being pregnant . |
| 12 | In came and went , because it 's got , which went out ever going and coming again , the ever , aspect has gone , so how could you get that . |
| 13 | ‘ The ambiguous reference to contributions Olivetti paid to ASST ( one of the state-owned telephone companies ) has been clarified , confirming that Olivetti did not ever work with ASST , but paid Mr Giuseppe Lo Moro , who acted as collector for the political parties for equipping the Post . |
| 14 | All the same it was a long way down and she hoped that Ana did not ever come here alone . |
| 15 | They did not ever smile — but you could tell that when their empty eyes opened they were alive . |
| 16 | He was alone with the child because Lavinia did n't ever remain when a visitor came to see him . |
| 17 | Perhaps they did n't ever go up in the loft . |
| 18 | I did n't ever relish the thought of becoming a sort of geriatric performer , going around clubs and summer seasons . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , she did n't ever give me nylons . |
| 20 | He did n't ever change himself , he just went out with organised women . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I suspect today did n't ever change anybody 's |
| 22 | She did n't ever want to have to see him . |
| 23 | The first was that I did n't ever want to sound like that . |
| 24 | She did n't ever want to leave Ma and Pa , and she would die if she was n't near Edward . |
| 25 | I did n't ever want to aim a blow against the centre of his life . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you did n't ever want to set foot in there again ? ’ |
| 27 | But they did n't say they did n't ever want to ever drive a car again . |
| 28 | I did n't ever want to see Phantom of the Opera , no of course I have n't have n't |
| 29 | So , eventually , the guy said : ‘ No , I 'm not going ’ to the teacher and the teacher turned his back on him and did n't ever speak to him again . |
| 30 | I see so there would be if he was this would be at the end when you know this was n't he did n't ever do anything like that before he went off to the w w during the war ? |