Example sentences of "ever [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who has ever witnessed a ‘ meet the people ’ exercise knows it is an absurdity . |
| 2 | Have you ever heard a husband on the verge of asking for a divorce finding fault with his wife , picking a quarrel or blackening her name to others ? |
| 3 | And he said , ‘ Have you ever heard a Thin Lizzy record ? ’ |
| 4 | This instrument must be familiar to every one who has ever heard a military band . |
| 5 | Before she went back to bed , she said to me , ‘ Helen , have you ever heard a whistle in the middle of the night ? ’ |
| 6 | They say women are bitchy but have you ever heard a conversation betwe |
| 7 | ‘ Nobody 's ever given a member of staff here flowers before , ’ he observed with a twinkle . |
| 8 | But yesterday , Susan Fey , of the CTC Trust , said , ‘ We were only ever given a target of 20 . |
| 9 | No one has ever given a satisfactory explanation of why Mr Ford said what he said — and it has gone down in the history books as just another Ford pratfall . |
| 10 | NO HORSE was ever given a better or more fitting name than Nijinsky and few have paid their namesake more graceful compliments . |
| 11 | He says to me , ‘ Tip , I 'm going to give you more money than anyone 's ever given a caddie before , but just look after my clubs . |
| 12 | So , in addition to the high increases in taxation that the Labour party would impose if it was ever given a chance , the community charge payer , or the council tax payer , would be ripped apart by high-spending Labour authorities , because there would be no capping . |
| 13 | They were also asked if they had ever consulted a doctor about recurrent bowel symptoms or abdominal pain . |
| 14 | In fact , many people in Broadmoor have never been convicted of a serious crime , or indeed ever committed a criminal offence . ) |
| 15 | I do n't think I 've ever enjoyed a meal so much . |
| 16 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 17 | Nobody in Kufra had ever owned a factory , but many were able to imagine what it would be like to find that the workers had become partners . |
| 18 | If Laura had ever owned a car , Anna reflected , this is how it would have looked inside , with the addition of old shoes and chocolate wrappers and squashed hats . |
| 19 | Hardly ever cracked a joke , and if he did it was bitter , like as not . |
| 20 | It is the first time a British team has ever won a dressage medal and only the second in any major international championship . |
| 21 | ever considered a soccer safari to the States to study their promotional mentality ? |
| 22 | He was a bit proud and pushy and disturbed the group when he challenged them : ‘ Have any of you ever caught a bear with your bare hands ? ’ |
| 23 | Anyone who 's ever caught a glimpse of Neighbours would hardly expect Joe 's real-life counterpart to be an anti-government revolutionary with a phobia of the bourgeois and a passion for the planet . |
| 24 | There 's a worthless piece of paper saying that there is supposed to be an oyster enterprise , but there 's no evidence that anyone has ever caught a single oyster . " |
| 25 | They wanted to know if he had ever grown a beard ? |
| 26 | he 's only ever missed a call-out once |
| 27 | There is no record that the Prime Minister had ever visited a prison , but she was known to be offended by the deplorable conditions and personal indignities caused by overcrowding . |
| 28 | Or rather , about finishing up customers ' drinks , for when Albert came in on a Monday morning drunk at his own expense none of his morally outraged proprietors had ever turned a hair . |
| 29 | Several times it 's happened to me that someone has come up to me and asked if I 've ever done a play . |
| 30 | What good 's it ever done a soul ? |