Example sentences of "ever do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lord of Parfois was a law to himself ; if he ever did discover where Master Harry lay buried , the Severn would not stop him from pursuing the dead with his living and virulent hatred , the Welsh border would be no bar to him , even the sanctity of the church would not restrain him . |
| 2 | I 'd be grateful if you 'd think about my offer seriously and — ’ dark brown eyes snared hers ‘ — remember that nothing less than winning ever did satisfy me . ’ |
| 3 | I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ? |
| 4 | And if they ever did set out to open up this place , ’ he said consideringly , ‘ there are a dozen more important places to begin , of course . ’ |
| 5 | I wonder if you ever did intend to keep the date you made with Jean , or was it just some power game you like to play ? |
| 6 | Such fears were vastly exaggerated , for if Britain ever did reach a stage of possible revolution , then it was certainly after rather than during the war , but in isolation from working-class opinions , they seemed real enough to Unionist MPs and their supporters in 1918 . |
| 7 | When I was younger they used to say if I ever did want to go to bed with somebody to ask to go on the Pill . |
| 8 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
| 9 | But if push ever did threaten to come to shove , British and French nuclear weapons are unlikely to inspire the confidence in West Germany that America 's much bigger armoury does . |
| 10 | Do you know sweetheart I have often wondered since I knew about things whether a brother or sister ever did love with such a love as ours . |
| 11 | ‘ Hey , if I ever did sign on , I 'd need a pseudonym . ’ |
| 12 | They never ever did pay it . |
| 13 | ‘ No , I do n't think he ever did score with that one . |
| 14 | Marryat — as a writer read by boys , men being already too dulled in the sense at twenty to appreciate him — has probably , through the boys , exercised the greatest influence on the English character that any writer ever did exercise . |
| 15 | In fact , I do n't think there was a time when you ever did belong to me . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't think the boys ever did have far to go , but Weenie did have . ’ |
| 17 | he 's survived all the er heart condition that he ever did have |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure if King Stephen ever did have the Empress in his power he would not wave a sword in her face , ’ she declared severely . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've never closed a store , but if we ever did close that one , we would be happy to restore the land for industrial use . ’ |
| 20 | If push ever did come again to shove , American muscles would be needed to push back . |
| 21 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 22 | A couple of months before , my Dad said if I ever did get pregnant he 'd chuck me out , so I thought they would . " |
| 23 | ‘ I wondered — I wanted to know if people of my age ever did get books published . |
| 24 | how they ever did get joined together . |
| 25 | So , the only reason for her writing was to say that if he ever did get the chance to come over to the UK again , well , she 'd like — well , it would be nice … |
| 26 | Oh , I think the story goes on from there , because I do n't think though and this is a personal opinion and I I 'd love the Committee to I do n't know tha that er I M R O ever did get accounts out of Liechtenstein because a year later B I M the m the ownership of it was transferred from Liechtenstein back to England but guess who the the , the owner was transfer to a charitable trust , so we 've got erm a company that is handling the investment management of seven hundred million pounds worth of pension funds which is owned by a charity and the and the accounts that were given to I M R O and these accounts were given to I M R O a year later , were charity commission er type accounts , which evidently showed something like five hundred thousand pounds in that charitable fund and er and no transactions you know , so and that company that was running that was the beneficial owner of our investment company where all the errors took place . |
| 27 | ‘ Weirdest goddamn name I ever did hear . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ D'ye know , ’ he ventured cautiously , ‘ if the marriage ever did take place , all this part of Mayo would belong to the O'Malleys and the Drennans . |
| 29 | She stood up slowly , taking time to understand — if she ever did understand it , which was more than he did himself . |
| 30 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |