Example sentences of "wonder [adv] [pers pn] [modal v] ever [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Her face was blank , and Meryl found herself wondering how she could ever have imagined that they had some kind of common bond , women in medicine , friendship .
2 Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells .
3 In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive .
4 Nevertheless , like everyone else we wonder how we can ever afford to replace the time expired capital equipment and infrastructure which was our legacy from the past 20 years of neglect .
5 And when you are in the troughs of those waves , you sometimes wonder when you will ever come up again .
6 ‘ She will entertain us every evening after supper , ’ said Goibniu and Floy nearly abandoned the entire thing there and then , because there had been something so meaningful in the way that Goibniu had said entertain that he wondered how they could ever have considered leaving her here alone .
7 When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it .
8 Miranda fleetingly wondered how she could ever have thought that Adam had a withholding , guarded nature .
9 She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now .
10 His eyes shone with mischief , and she wondered how she could ever have thought him boring .
11 I remembered that they had been there all along , and wondered how I could ever have forgotten them .
12 Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time .
13 Sarah had told her that John had always argued with his father and defied him , and she wondered why he could ever have behaved like that with this gentle man .
14 I wondered when she would ever return to Dublin — I presume that 's why you 're here . "
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