Example sentences of "ever [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we ever going to see the publication of this masterpiece ? |
| 2 | say that women have been discriminated against for so long that they just have n't had the opportunities to rise up through the ranks , and if they are ever going to achieve the kind of representation that they ought to achieve just by the sheer numbers that the represent in the population , apart from the quality , and there are a lot of people who would say that women are probably rather superior erm to a lot of men at an equal level |
| 3 | How was she ever going to get the chance to think things through if her last sanctuary had been commandeered by an absenting workman ? |
| 4 | A feeling began to emerge that the advantages of the new approach might be long- rather than short-term , but the dichotomy between wanting to work in the new way because of its potential advantages and ‘ Are we ever going to get the syllabus done ? ’ continued to be problematic . |
| 5 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 6 | I saw that you must not only address the real needs of people but need to be genuinely open to new approaches and styles of work if you are ever going to make the rhetoric of involving communities in the planning and assessment of programmes a reality , or ensure active participation in health sector organizations . |
| 7 | Now both men regretted ever having made the decision . |
| 8 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 9 | So by examining meteorites it is possible to discover what some of the asteroids are made of without ever having to visit the asteroid belt . |
| 10 | There is no record of Flaubert ever having heard the xylophone . |
| 11 | But the reliability of Mrs. Steed 's statement was seriously undermined by the circumstances that she had denied ever having seen the transfer and had denied that the signature was hers . |