Example sentences of "do [pron] ever [verb] " in BNC.

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31 Did I ever tell you about the time in the Persian Empire when- ’
32 ‘ Nick — did I ever tell you the joke about the two men who wanted to lose weight ? ’
33 Did I ever tell you that 's where Paul and I met ?
34 I was telling Stephen today the story of a did I ever tell you ?
35 Did I ever tell you Raymond ?
36 Why , why did I ever leave my home ?
37 How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ?
38 At no time did I ever have one of them ever say to me that they were erm against foxes , but all of a sudden we find ourselves being issued with a er petition from tenant farmers which says that they are against er people like me that er er pro banning , it 's very like er Mr , we ca n't attack Mr cos he 's no longer here but on the , on the issue of er , I C I brought ou .
39 Why , he thought — if one can be said to think in dreams — did I ever take this on ?
40 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 .
41 Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ?
42 How in the hell did I ever get into this ?
43 In the many conversations I had with Ronnie that year , I never heard Ronnie deny it ; nor did I ever know him to be disloyal .
44 When did I ever mess your things ? "
45 Did I ever say anything about a demonstration ? ’
46 He said : " To the best of my recollection , at no time and in no place did I ever say " break bones ' . "
47 Did I ever say I wanted to be buried at sea ? ’
48 When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before ? "
49 ROBBIE Did I ever ask him to ?
50 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 .
51 Did ye ever meet a man called Borgalini ?
52 Tell me , Mr O'Malley , did ye ever hear of any of those marriages turnin' out bad ?
53 Did you ever dance the Patronella ?
54 Did you ever tell William about that ? ’
55 Did you ever tell anybody else about this ? ’
56 ‘ When did you ever tell me what was really going on in your head ?
57 Did you ever travel anywhere yourselves from from at all ? .
58 There was laughter when Mr Carman said : ‘ Did you ever visit a flat provided for Mr Mellor in Kings Yard in Mayfair ? ’
59 Did you ever conduct the Leningrad Philharmonic , the orchestra Mravinsky had for fifty years ?
60 Did you ever interview the American President ? ’ she asked with a slight smile .
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