Example sentences of "[noun sg] ever [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That promise would not be implemented if the Opposition ever came to power . |
| 2 | A fresh scandal , believed to be the largest loan fraud ever uncovered in Japan , was revealed on Aug. 13 . |
| 3 | To this , the Inspecting Officer concurred , provided that not more than one car ever stood in Lower Church Street . |
| 4 | Yup , if the music marathon ever began to flag and the 26-mile version was a non-starter , then the TV election race made for a vital diversion . |
| 5 | Every guitarist ought to listen to an album called ‘ Then Play On ’ , which is the last album Green ever did with Fleetwood Mac . |
| 6 | In this book also are the best illustrations Laboureur ever did for Boulestin , one being of the archetype of the French small-town restaurant , the wide , shuttered window , the tree in a tub on the pavement , the facade which has not changed and which still promises decent and genuine country cooking at modest prices . |
| 7 | Only that , he says would ensure that such disputes over legal procedure were sorted out before a case ever went to trial . |
| 8 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 9 | ‘ What historically important person ever came from Haiti ? ’ |
| 10 | This is the most potent and consistent performance shaping factor ever uncovered by psychologists . |
| 11 | All pretence that the paper ever belonged to MacQuillan personally had been given up and the title transferred to a newly formed company within the MacQuillan empire . |
| 12 | It was to be the latest of four production runs over 4 years worth an estimated £20m and the most sophisticated marketing operation for LSD ever uncovered in Britain . |
| 13 | If the matter ever came to court , the judge would estimate the amount that you would have earned , in the light of the evidence before him concerning the nature of your job . |
| 14 | The last the family ever saw of Inez was when she set off in her little red Mini Sunday morning with twenty quid in her purse and her passport . ’ |