Example sentences of "ever a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , she admitted , he was ‘ ever a good man , and an easy man to her … and had compassion on her , and spoke for her as he durst , for dread of the people ’ . |
| 2 | Maid said : ‘ Is there ever a good time ? |
| 3 | There is hardly ever a good reason why the deal should not be set out in writing , and this may help to avoid future dispute , but you need to check the proposed wording carefully in conjunction with your advisers . |
| 4 | Neither of her parents was ever a professional performer , but both were fascinated by showbusiness . |
| 5 | But Gostelow denies that this was ever a worthwhile idea . |
| 6 | Her body was alive , throbbing with pulses she never knew she had , and as she jerked her face away from his she knew he had once again defeated her , outclassed her , and she knew without a doubt that he was right : if there was ever a real fight between her and Damian Flint , he would take supremacy , she would be overpowered by the fierce excitement burning in her now , and he would walk away with victory on a scale she did not dare imagine . |
| 7 | To sum up : the strong predictions obtained from earlier models are tempered into gradual adjustment processes where reputation is only ever a temporary event . |
| 8 | From one point of view this clear distinction between the Mufti ( the and " the rest " serves a useful purpose , since in no sense was there ever a hierarchical connection between the two . |
| 9 | More to the point , the assumed divinity of the nineteenth-century novelist was only ever a technical device ; and the partiality of the modern novelist is just as much a ploy . |
| 10 | If ever a comparative survey of the I.Q. of the nations of the world was undertaken , there would be no particular surprise if we came top of the league table : It is as clear that we have the ability to solve our problems as to win the only battle that really counted in World War II — the last one ! |
| 11 | One thing is clear from the hon. Gentleman 's attitude : were there ever a Labour Government , there would be no review of programmes and there would be no assessment of the way in which help is given to ensure that it is cost effective or of how Government resources are deployed to ensure that the taxpayer gets the best value for money . |
| 12 | Many fail to realise that , due to obvious lack of water for motive power , it was ever a working mill . |
| 13 | John Titford was a more ardent Baptist than any of the others ; he alone of the males of his generation was ever a fully-baptised member of Badcox Lane Chapel : |
| 14 | Each change introduces other variants of how to do the job , seldom if ever a total change of direction , although even that has been known to happen . |
| 15 | James Woodforde , ever a reliable source for the minutiae of late 18th-century life , wrote on 25 January 1794 that he could never remember having seen the barometer lower ; a savage and relentless winter was setting in throughout Britain and the rest of Europe . |
| 16 | Well , Jackie was a shooting champion before he was ever a driving champion and , listening to him recently at Gleneagles , when he was taking my neophyte self through the task of shooting at moving targets , I was conscious of how simply Jackie takes these complicated relations between brain and body . |
| 17 | If ever a human being burned like a flame , it was Adam . |
| 18 | ‘ Has ever a literary life been preceded by such rumblings and trumpetings ? ’ he asked . |
| 19 | Winston Churchill had welcomed Bonar Law as party leader in 1911 with the reflection that " if ever a national emergency makes party interests fade , we shall find in the Leader of the Opposition one who in no fictitious sense places the country and the Empire first " , a tribute that was certainly justified by Law 's role between 1914 and 1918 . |
| 20 | But London was for ever a sensitive place in the eyes of the English kings , watched with jealous eyes from the White Tower , built by William I at the south-east comer of its defences — and from further off in the great royal palace of Westminster . |