Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] ever " in BNC.
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1 | So I was doin' about a gram of heroin , a gram of cocaine , the most I ever done was a gram . |
2 | She had given birth at a time when she thought miscarriages would be all she ever knew . |
3 | Because that was all she ever would be to a man like him . |
4 | All she ever wanted was a |
5 | I wondered then whether when two people speak together they ever really hear anything but what they say themselves , and what they wish to hear from the other . |
6 | Last time we were over here and when it came down it ever such a big thing ! |
7 | He was seldom in the house except to eat or sleep and when he was all he ever did was yell , ‘ Get the tea . |
8 | They 've been tripping over you ever since you came here . ’ |
9 | Whether or not we ever find out the precise source of the metals , analyses have shown that these early casters in West Africa had a considerable technical knowledge and expertise . |
10 | A total of 363 exhibition visitors ( 99% of all respondents ) indicated whether or not they ever used the Library as a reader . |
11 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
12 | ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’ |
13 | ‘ The most you ever bought me was a lager . ’ |
14 | For the believer who understands this , ‘ By God 's grace I am what I am ’ is never pious rhetoric : ‘ There but for the grace of God go I ’ is as realistic a statement as any we ever make . |
15 | Waugh perceived a resemblance between the two books himself , and in his letter to Orwell on Nineteen Eighty-Four he reproached him in a jibe as potent as any he ever made to friend or enemy : ‘ Men who love a crucified God need never think of torture as all-powerful . ’ |
16 | yeah that 's the limit that , that 's the most we ever did in Wigan was n't it ? |
17 | And you are the first person now I ever told it to . |
18 | Why ca n't I ever behave like the person I want to be ? |
19 | Have n't I ever told you the story about Maurice helping Louis hide all the wine ? |
20 | ‘ Do n't I ever , ’ said Rose , with her old energy . |
21 | Why ca n't I ever find things that suit me ? ’ |
22 | Do n't I ever surprise you , and twist a knife in your heart ? |
23 | Yeah , but I do n't I ever do is copy . |
24 | Did n't 'e ever find out ? ’ the carman asked . |
25 | ‘ Why does n't she ever open any windows ? ’ thought Marie . |
26 | Ca n't you ever WAIT ? |
27 | ‘ Ca n't you ever think about anything but correcting grammar ? ’ |
28 | I brought you two together and do n't you ever forget it . ’ |
29 | Do n't you ever think of anyone but yourself ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Do n't you ever put me through that situation again , ’ she snarled through clenched teeth , tugging irritably at the sleeve of her mink jacket . |