Example sentences of "ever see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As for the boy , well , he never lived with his father , never saw him , and Pietr refused ever to see the child . |
| 4 | It will be more difficult than ever to see the composer as he really was , and is . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 8 | However the Phoenix Guard never divulge their secrets and no one has ever seen the Chamber of Days and lived . |
| 9 | ‘ Have you ever seen the sun 's rays streaking through a stained glass window ? ’ |
| 10 | Have you , have you ever seen the expression on a man 's face when he takes the out , do a crap , stand up and find it 's not there ? |
| 11 | I do n't think I 've ever seen the bathroom there . |
| 12 | Ever seen the film called A Man For All Seasons ? |
| 13 | It was the first time that I had ever seen the inside of a police cell . |
| 14 | Consequently , no-one has ever seen the brain of one of those early mammals . |
| 15 | Have you ever seen the type of thing ? |
| 16 | Have you ever seen the world so clearly ? |
| 17 | Nobody had ever seen the Manager look so pale and tetchy as the morning after . |
| 18 | Have you ever seen the like of these , sir ? ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't remember when I 've ever seen the like of it . ’ |
| 20 | Only a few select people have ever seen the mummy of Tutankhamun . |
| 21 | Have you ever seen the effect of that ? |
| 22 | I mean , everybody who goes to the RSC by and large only ever sees the piece once , do n't they ? |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , Katie , that we would ever see the day … . ’ |
| 24 | That I should ever see the day … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If I did I do n't think I 'd ever see the jade again . ’ |
| 26 | She could n't ever see the village letting the tradition die , especially when the younger members of the local families were so keen . |
| 27 | It 's pretty unlikely that this session will ever see the light of day on Strange Fruit , as the label 's last Wah release ‘ The Mighty Wah ’ proved about as popular as a motorway scheme through Kew Gardens . |
| 28 | There 's this film like you know , when it 's turn like cinema or not , Silvester Stallone , and it 's called Oscar , did you ever see the preview of that ? |
| 29 | With the emergence of Muhammad Ali , no one would ever see the ring the same way again , nor even the fighters themselves ; a TV go , a purse and a sheared lip would never be enough ; and a title was just a belt unless you did something with it . |
| 30 | So do you ever see the town picking back up again , and getting a few more factories in the ? |