Example sentences of "[be] ever to come " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tried very hard to underline the importance of these paintings , so that if they were ever to come on the market the government would be conditioned to their importance . |
| 2 | And for the chairman of the bank to be showing particular interest in him might alert people who , if the truth is ever to come to light , ought not to be alerted . " |
| 3 | ‘ That is , if he is ever to come out of prison . |
| 4 | During the last few minutes Hazel had been as near to losing his head as he was ever to come . |
| 5 | In Das Rheingold , finished in 1854 , and , up to a point , in Die Walküre , begun in the same year , Wagner came as near as he was ever to come to giving his theories practical effect . |