Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] ever [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The youngest , the youngest below me I 've ever gone for is three years younger . |
| 5 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 6 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 7 | And I have to say that this is the minimum I 've ever seen for a sales person to have to do . |
| 8 | the only one I 've ever seen for is Wrigley 's |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He 's the most professional boat owner I 've ever worked for . ’ |
| 11 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 12 | How could she have ever fallen for Marcus 's attractive looks and been blind to the shallowness of his character ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £90 |
| 15 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £50 for a fancy goldfish . |
| 16 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? 32p |
| 17 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 18 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 19 | BBC bosses wanted to know about her love life … and if she had ever posed for sexy photos . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ’ It add up to more Fedcreds than we 've ever earned for one job , ’ I said lightly . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The most effective publicity we 've ever had for the Community is the European Ryder Cup Golf Team . |
| 23 | It was a brilliant response — the best we 've ever had for a competition . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 26 | Evans 's news was better than he 'd ever hoped for . |
| 27 | There was a future now , brighter than he had ever hoped for . |
| 28 | It must have seemed that everything he had ever worked for was falling apart . |