Example sentences of "be ever [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have to , if the Middle East 's old enemies are ever to move on to phase three and cut a deal . |
| 2 | This was the last walking holiday the two brothers were ever to take together . |
| 3 | Dara had handled her with humiliating ease , and no doubt could continue to do so if their paths were ever to cross again . |
| 4 | If Harry were ever to know how she felt , he would never again be able to show the same natural affection , albeit of a brotherly nature , which was all she had of his heart . |
| 5 | No-one of my generation set out to be a war correspondent , at least not in Europe , because we supposed that previous generations had disposed of all that and that war in Europe , if it were ever to occur again , would be the kind of war that would leave no-one alive to write about it . |
| 6 | ‘ That is , if he is ever to come out of prison . |
| 7 | The company has not attempted to sell its products abroad , but feels that if it is ever to expand again , then overseas markets are the only feasible method . |
| 8 | And at some point it would all become as real as it was ever to become again , as the happy escaper slid into dreams until morning . |
| 9 | Perhaps Britain had to undergo painful shock treatment if she was ever to become as economically dynamic as France or West Germany . |