Example sentences of "did [pers pn] ever [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Did I ever give the slightest sign … ? ’
2 Did I ever do anything so wrong as a child that I should deserve to suffer for evermore ?
3 In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water .
4 Did I ever tell you about when Daddy and I went to Greece on our honeymoon .
5 Did I ever tell you about Harriet and the spaceship ?
6 Did I ever tell you , ’ wrote Kafka to Felice , ‘ that I admire my father ?
7 Later , over a dram , Cam would regale me with tales of female conquests. ‘ did I ever tell you about wee Sheila ? ’ he 'd say , licking his lips .
8 One began , chillingly , ‘ Did I ever tell you about the day we found the nurse 's body in the cellar ? ’
9 And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ?
10 Did I ever tell you about the Man who Let the Evil Out ? ’
11 ‘ Oh , there were good times and bad times , ’ said Connor , adding reminiscently , ‘ Did I ever tell you of the night I stood up to Jack Johnson ? ’
12 " I say , Lyn , did I ever tell you how I actually got into one of the old mines when I was a kid ? "
13 ‘ My dear fellow , did I ever tell you about the way two men and two ladies I once met on Mykonos made love ? ’
14 Did I ever tell you ? "
15 Did I ever tell you about the time I was thrown into a lake up in the — ’
16 Did I ever tell you that you 're the most despicable man I ever met ?
17 Did I ever tell you about the time in the Persian Empire when- ’
18 ‘ Nick — did I ever tell you the joke about the two men who wanted to lose weight ? ’
19 Did I ever tell you that 's where Paul and I met ?
20 I was telling Stephen today the story of a did I ever tell you ?
21 Did I ever tell you Raymond ?
22 Why , why did I ever leave my home ?
23 How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ?
24 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 .
25 Why , he thought — if one can be said to think in dreams — did I ever take this on ?
26 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 .
27 Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ?
28 How in the hell did I ever get into this ?
29 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 .
30 When did I ever mess your things ? "
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