Example sentences of "ever [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth 's ‘ swing to the Left ’ may be regarded as part of a general sympathy on the part of English intellectuals towards the French Revolution , and it is extremely unlikely that he was ever regarded as a leader of opinion . |
| 2 | The second half began with some of the most remarkable scenes I have ever witnessed at a football match . |
| 3 | The conference sparked off one of the liveliest debates ever witnessed at a conference on architectural history , and highlighted the need to reassess this period as it slips into history and , therefore , our heritage . |
| 4 | Ever heard of a place called Trafalgar ? ’ |
| 5 | WHO HAS ever heard of a popular tax The American colonists certainly took exception to Britain 's tea levy in 1773 . |
| 6 | Yer arse 'll rip — have ye ever heard of a torn arse ? — if ye even try and struggle . ’ |
| 7 | Hands up how many of you have ever heard of a flotation tank ? |
| 8 | It was the first time I had ever heard of a savant with a linguistic ability . |
| 9 | Tell me , have you ever heard of a place called Koraloona ? ’ |
| 10 | How do we know that owls are much smarter than chickens ? — Well , have you ever heard of a Kentucky Fried Owl ? |
| 11 | ‘ Ever heard of a man called Francesco Di Carlo ? ’ |
| 12 | Have you ever heard of a place called Ribnica ? ’ |
| 13 | Pubic wig , have you ever heard of a pubic weapon |
| 14 | The Secretary of State made one of the worst speeches that I have ever heard from a Minister in the House . |
| 15 | The right hon. Gentleman made the weakest speech in favour of a guillotine motion that I have ever heard from a Leader of the House and that is saying something . |
| 16 | ‘ Brilliant … best speech I have ever heard from a Scottish leader at conference , ’ enthused one MP . |
| 17 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
| 18 | How many have ever travelled on a train ? |
| 19 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 20 | In one of the frankest interviews ever given by a club owner , he said : ‘ I am contemplating abandoning my quest for silver to go for gold . ’ |
| 21 | The survey is the most comprehensive ever undertaken in a British city , and the first of its kind in Scotland . |
| 22 | The Peace Ballot was the largest and most sustained mobilization ever undertaken by a British peace movement — ‘ an attempt to mobilise Public Opinion on the scale of a General Election , but on a single issue . ’ |
| 23 | In the US , Pinnacle , which peddles almost anything and everything you 'd ever want for a Sparc system will have board and system-level HyperSparc and SuperSparc products when it gets deliveries from the chip-makers . |
| 24 | Instantly , I knew the article would be irresistible : a glorious return to one of the most famous , and fatuous , lines ever uttered by a presidential candidate debating with his opponent . |
| 25 | All the ingredients would be there in Carry on Sergeant and although most of the stock characters would come later , the basic idea was evident from the first ever laughs for a ‘ Carry On ’ film in 1958 . |
| 26 | Anglicans and Protestants now not only heard the first systematic teaching on the word of God in the Church ever formulated by a Catholic Council ( for Trent had only dealt with particular points at issue with the Reformers ) , but also admired it . |
| 27 | The existence of money gives the consumer greater freedom of choice than could ever exist under a barter system . |
| 28 | Have you ever lobbied for a woman to win the prize ? |
| 29 | But , again as in the case of the caddises , a close look at what geneticists ever mean by a gene having ‘ effects ’ shows that such uneasiness is misplaced . |
| 30 | Do you ever think about a disasters as erm an individual level or do you just deal with them at a large-scale , national group level ? |