Example sentences of "ever [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever broken the law ? |
| 2 | Because the nets are usually deployed many hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from shore , few but their crews have ever witnessed the damage inflicted on the marine ecosystem by the drift-net vessels . |
| 3 | have you ever heard the word or the phrase hooking the punters , either at or or ? |
| 4 | None of us had ever heard the name of the camp before . |
| 5 | Agate conceded that one occasionally saw cabinet ministers at the movies , but it was obvious to him that this particular audience had never heard the Mendelssohn , whilst his friend was prompted to comment that it was ‘ the first time they 've ever heard the fiddle ’ . |
| 6 | For example , how many walkers who visit Glen Coe ever make the effort to climb Sgurr na Ciche — the Pap of Glencoe , which shares its name with a similar conical peak in Knoydart . |
| 7 | Two very different ways of launching two of the most uncommon cars you will ever see and at one of the most difficult times ever to hit the motor industry . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's television at its best climax building , and climaxing again , ever drawing the viewer into its intrigue . |
| 9 | Do n't you ever eat the skin Rob ? |
| 10 | Nobody ever points the finger at them . ’ |
| 11 | Fulham , London , adds : ‘ If I ever met the person who did it , I 'd say : ‘ I hope you have a daughter and I hope someone does that to her one day . ’ ‘ . |
| 12 | Many ex-servicemen had given up all hope of ever seeing the tribute after the Ministry of Defence warned supplies could dry up following the break-up of the USSR . |
| 13 | If they are , your phone call will merely be a slight irritant , but if there is no appropriate slot at that particular time your call could cause enough irritation to prevent the material ever seeing the light of day . |
| 14 | The US components divisions would hit the goddamned roof if that proposal was ever given the light of day . |
| 15 | If former Secretary Kissinger ever sought the cancellation of the Tibet exhibition he did not call me . |
| 16 | Students can be introduced to epistemological issues without ever using the term ‘ epistemology ’ . |
| 17 | The toes pointed slightly outwards and so did the shoes , a pair of the finest winkle-pickers that ever threaded the eye of a needle . |
| 18 | She is the most powerful magician ever to wear the crown of Kislev , and her aloof majesty and inscrutable disposition has caused many to refer to her as the Ice Queen of Kislev . |
| 19 | As for the boy , well , he never lived with his father , never saw him , and Pietr refused ever to see the child . |
| 20 | It will be more difficult than ever to see the composer as he really was , and is . |
| 21 | Both are out of print and according to his publisher ( the wacky John Muir of Todmorden ) are unlikely ever to see the light of day again . |
| 22 | As well as inventing the thin crisp biscuit that bears his name , Sylvester Graham was also the author of one of the most amusing condemnations of sex ever to see the light of day . |
| 23 | Anger gave her the strength to pack her few belongings and by the time Ellen — red-eyed and in tears — came to say that the conveyance was at the door , there was no sign left that Ruth had ever inhabited the room . |
| 24 | I shall ever esteem the man and revere his memory : and although I feel myself incapable to do full justice to his merits , yet posterity will ’ . |
| 25 | As for the artistic effects of invasion and concentration camps , that can only prompt the awkward question whether the ensuing creativity of occupied Europe ever justified the price that was enforced and paid . |
| 26 | She had no idea whether he had ever received the letter which she had felt obliged to write , telling him she was pregnant . |
| 27 | They make long and elegant speeches before Pandarus leads them to a chamber where they can be alone for a night ; but their words seem superficial : it is as if Rosaline had agreed to love Romeo , and he only ever experienced the satisfaction of his sexual appetite . |
| 28 | And yet , what is required , if teachers are ever to enjoy the prestige of true professionals , is to encourage them to reach out into the society they are there to serve , rather than for them to retreat behind their school walls . |
| 29 | If we ever owned the land , we own it still , for we never sold it . |
| 30 | Its two most memorable passages were , first , a somewhat rose-tinted picture of industrial life in the heyday of his family company ( ‘ It was a place where nobody ever got the sack and where … a number of old gentlemen used to spend their days sitting on the handles of wheelbarrows smoking their pipes . |