Example sentences of "it ever did " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time the first sharp feelings of his loss had begun to wear off - it would be very many years before all of it did so , and arguable that it ever did — other voices were beckoning . |
| 2 | If it ever did , it was always as a part which was apart , separate , a ‘ precious stone set in the silver sea . |
| 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 | For all the good it ever did for your sons . |
| 5 | The answer , of course , is that it has never happened , and if it ever did there would be immediate and radical constitutional change to ensure it never happened again . |
| 6 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 7 | Does it make sense any longer , if indeed it ever did , to talk about " the will of the people " ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The resurgence of ‘ fashion ’ as a topic high on the agenda , the preoccupation with food and clothing as matters of status and importance , provides as big and as successful a distraction now as it ever did . |