Example sentences of "ever to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kavanagh said the steak was n't great but that the lamb was good , ’ Maggie added but Moran was already on his way out again , muttering that not even simple things were made clear in this house and if simple things could n't be made clear how was a person ever to get from one day to the next in this world . |
| 2 | Unilateralists felt that their case had been made for them ; and they became more determined than ever to get rid of nuclear weapons altogether . |
| 3 | The visiting party , who were the first and last ever to get a good look at the crater of Perboewetan , found it to be about 1,000 metres in diameter and about fifty metres deep , with a small pit , also about fifty metres deep , in the centre of the crater floor ; it was from this pit that the steam cloud was escaping with a great roar . |
| 4 | Misreading the clues , they head off in completely the wrong direction and manage to become the first people ever to get shipwrecked on one of the islands of Derwentwater . |
| 5 | Eventually politicians and the general public will have to accept that there will never be full employment again , and will have to provide a living for those unlikely ever to get jobs . |
| 6 | He 'll wait for ever to get you now . |
| 7 | Now he 's got to work harder than ever to get up to speed . |
| 8 | Bret , more determined than ever to get to Earth to warn the authorities that Chen is a traitor ( he has Marc Cory 's tape ) , has to work with Steven on some rapid repairs to the space vessel when it is forced down onto the prison planet Desperus . |
| 9 | And the light given out as the star crossed the boundary itself took for ever to get to you . |
| 10 | An irrepressible thought surfaces — I am unlikely ever to get quite this close to female genitalia again . |
| 11 | Someone , a man , began to sing an old Irish ballad , and the mournful strains of the familiar song filled the air with sadness , tugged at the emotions , and made her more determined than ever to get away quickly . |
| 12 | Topping the bill will be the ugliest band ever to get to No 1 — Dr And The Medics ! |
| 13 | Newspapers and magazines are more eager than ever to get the shots that count . |
| 14 | Members hope to convince Mr Milburn that he should be targeting criminals who find it easier than ever to get hold of an unlicensed firearm . |
| 15 | For the Conservative party which is in essence a party of power , huge historic perspective , huge experience of power , ever to get itself in a position where it 's perceived to be struggling to the point of self destruction , would have its political consequences and they would be dire . |
| 16 | That must have been the only man ever to get no points three times in a row . |