Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] ever [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But I must say this business of bantering is not a duty I feel I can ever discharge with enthusiasm .
2 ‘ But I doubt I 'll ever know for sure because I 'll never see her again and only by coming face to face with her will I know the truth . ’
3 Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out .
4 Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it .
5 Do you think , do you think we could ever do without drugs ?
6 Do you think you 'll ever get married ?
7 Do you think you 'll ever get your brother back again ?
8 ‘ Do you think she will ever forgive me ? ’
9 Do you think I could ever skip like that ? ’
10 Do you think I will ever let you go , now that I 've claimed you ? ’
11 Do you think it will ever grow back ?
12 Derek said to me do n't you think he 'll ever go and live with her , I said no .
13 It was 41 for 4 at tea , nine wickets having fallen for 69 in a session which none who experienced it will ever forget .
14 She doubted she would ever sleep again while fitzAlan was in the immediate vicinity , but the prospect of remaining awake and having to keep her mask of aloof composure in place was daunting indeed .
15 Open , friendly and honest by nature herself , she was happiest with others who acted in the same way , but Adam Burns was a riddle she doubted she would ever find the answer to .
16 Maggie wanted to say that the way she felt she doubted she 'd ever want to eat again , but did n't .
17 Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time .
18 You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now .
19 It was one of the truly marvellous innings , one that no one who saw it could ever forget ; since it has been shown on television virtually every time rain has stopped play in any match since , it would be almost impossible to have forgotten it anyway .
20 He did not often score goals , but no-one who saw it will ever forget the one he hit from fully 25 yards in the floodlit friendly against Real Madrid .
21 Whether or not you think you 'll ever need to use their services ( see Chapter 21 on where to go for advice and help ) , it 's important to get to know who they are and what they do .
22 And what took place on Neville 's Island that foggy November weekend , no-one who witnessed it would ever forget
23 It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction .
24 He strove through all his waking hours to impose a smartness and snap on Camp 3 , Zone I , that he knew had never been present before , and that during the night hours when he was alone he doubted he would ever achieve .
25 Bienvida , being two years his junior , asked wistfully if he thought she would ever go back to Brian .
26 She sometimes felt depressed , and would ask her husband if he thought she would ever recover : he was always supportive .
27 He knew now how fully , as time had passed , he despaired he would ever meet it .
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