Example sentences of "[verb] ever [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aqib predictably bounced him , and the first over he faced encapsulated all that Gower has ever stood for : an edge ( somehow made to seem unregretted ) and an exquisite cover-drive ; beaten again , and a controlled turn to leg for two . |
| 2 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think a horse has ever quickened for me so well from the final flight . ’ |
| 4 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 5 | Evans 's news was better than he 'd ever hoped for . |
| 6 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 7 | How could she have ever fallen for Marcus 's attractive looks and been blind to the shallowness of his character ? |
| 8 | BBC bosses wanted to know about her love life … and if she had ever posed for sexy photos . |
| 9 | There was a future now , brighter than he had ever hoped for . |
| 10 | There was a good , steady wage , and a proper job was more than she had ever hoped for when she 'd first noticed the advertisement written in felt-tip in the corner of one of the windows . |
| 11 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 12 | This happened to me in May this year when I walked into ‘ Pluggers ’ shop ( Wet Pet of Detroit ) and saw the most beautiful pair of Ornate Birchirs ( Polypterus ornatipinnis ) I had ever seen for sale . |
| 13 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 14 | It must have seemed that everything he had ever worked for was falling apart . |
| 15 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 16 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 17 | And I have to say that this is the minimum I 've ever seen for a sales person to have to do . |
| 18 | the only one I 've ever seen for is Wrigley 's |
| 19 | Now you 've got to prove it yet again — this time to yourself and it 's going to be the hardest thing you 've ever done for her . |
| 20 | The youngest , the youngest below me I 've ever gone for is three years younger . |
| 21 | ’ It add up to more Fedcreds than we 've ever earned for one job , ’ I said lightly . |
| 22 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 23 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £90 |
| 24 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £50 for a fancy goldfish . |
| 25 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? 32p |
| 26 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 27 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 28 | He said : ‘ The most effective publicity we 've ever had for the Community is the European Ryder Cup Golf Team . |
| 29 | It was a brilliant response — the best we 've ever had for a competition . |
| 30 | You 'll see that both the number of requests for service , and the number of visits made are well up on previous half years , and although some of that is due to probably the highest figure on insect complaints we 've ever had for six months , and erm it 's not all that , much of it is lately the department has been very , very busy indeed . |