Example sentences of "[prep] ever [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 2 | Indeed there may be reason to think that such a dichotomy can not for ever persist . |
| 3 | His eyes would for ever make their simple statement . |
| 4 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Of what it felt like to live in such a world we are , and must for ever remain , entirely ignorant . |
| 6 | I so often hate him , I think I ought to for ever hate him . |
| 7 | And your Petitioners , as in duty bound , will for ever pray . |
| 8 | Still glides the stream and shall for ever glide . |
| 9 | I just do n't want to ever make any more mistakes again . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're rude , you 're cynical , and I was a fool to ever make love to you . ’ |
| 11 | Secondly , the tour represented the last chance for some Wallaby players to ever tour South Africa ’ , said French . |
| 12 | Official excavations have recently unearthed similar pieces , which are unlikely to ever leave the country . |
| 13 | There is clear evidence that both the pervasiveness and seriousness of soccer violence have been exaggerated : ‘ The plain fact is , the great majority of spectators who attend football matches are unlikely to ever witness an instance of personal assault let alone be the victim of one ’ ( Melnick , 1986:9 ) . |
| 14 | Princess Diana is unlikely to ever return to the 12-bedroom country house she grew to loathe during her 11-year marriage . |
| 15 | He 's unlikely to ever score a more crucial point , but there 's no danger of him being carried away in the general euphoria . |
| 16 | They only used to ever lock the door from the outside and er I er had to make er fifty and as I say , number them one up to fifty and er then they 'd perhaps on a odd occasion they sent me an order for one , the number the number |
| 17 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 18 | Do n't worry , no one is going to ever check up on you , you are only doing it for yourself . |
| 19 | Not , not like him to ever want to go to bed truly . |
| 20 | love you too much to ever stop love , Rastafarian now |
| 21 | The first hit record to ever mention a baby though ? |
| 22 | To ever face |
| 23 | We are also dealing with a man who has shown a marked inability to ever grow up . |
| 24 | And trust him not to ever say . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 26 | And he had begged my mother not to ever put me in the bank . |
| 27 | A large question mark hangs over the government 's intention to ever use contract compliance . |
| 28 | A police spokesman , Roger Busby , said yesterday : ‘ We are becoming increasingly frustrated that ideal weather conditions do not appear to ever occur . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 30 | Do n't want to ever come back ; can you phone Chambers and tell them I 've perished on a mountain , and then I can change my identity , and disguise myself as one of the locals and no-one will be any the wiser . |