Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just know it 's more complicated than it 's ever going to seem in the newspapers . |
| 2 | ‘ More than it 's ever mattered before . |
| 3 | And he created far more than he is ever given credit for … ’ |
| 4 | Last winter Jean-Philippe Ruggia trained harder than he 's ever done in his racing career . |
| 5 | Reason and conscience both told me that if I were ever to have any chance of escaping successfully this was that chance . |
| 6 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 7 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 8 | He wanted to find out if I was ever going back there . |
| 9 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 10 | It was not as good as I should have wished , partly because I was in a hurry , but also partly because I had not yet learnt — if I was ever to master — the technique of literary criticism . |
| 11 | If I 'm ever strapped for cash I 'll cruise around . |
| 12 | My husband , former sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith , usually has the radio on in the mornings at home , so if I 'm ever staying at a hotel in Britain , I enjoy breakfast TV . |
| 13 | If I 'm ever kept too long |
| 14 | Find out if she 's ever thrown a race . |
| 15 | If she is ever going to learn to stand on her own feet finally , when her grieving is over , she will need your acceptance , for the time being , that what she is experiencing now is something like the intense suffering of a child separated from the security of its mother 's presence , with all the feelings of fear and panic that brings . |
| 16 | She needed some freedom if she were ever going to settle , never mind blossom . |
| 17 | Amanda said she loved the live show , that Sandra was n't particularly attractive but had a great body and showed what good hair and good clothes could do , and then , in an off-hand comment that she probably regretted almost immediately , declared that if she was ever to sleep with a woman , it would be Sandra . |
| 18 | Perhaps Britain had to undergo painful shock treatment if she was ever to become as economically dynamic as France or West Germany . |
| 19 | He looked at her knitting , which continued , approaching the heel of the sock in progress , and wondered if she was ever going to glance at his card on the counter . |
| 20 | This will not be a problem if you only ever use one program , but if you are ever tempted to upgrade to a more powerful word-processor , changing the ‘ brand ’ could mean starting from scratch . |
| 21 | So if you are ever using solvents , okay , in your home , please adhere to the manufacturer 's instructions . |
| 22 | This is one area of the golf swing that simply has to be learned correctly if you are ever to play golf to your full potential . |
| 23 | If you are ever carrying heavy loads , break up the load into a number of cases or boxes at approximately the same weight . |
| 24 | And if you are ever going to see one of the genuine though attested rarities among the local fauna , a bear , a lynx , or an eagle , the Park is the only place you might do so , though there are thought to be fewer than twenty bears still living in the Pyrenees , and only eight pairs of eagles . |
| 25 | I saw that you must not only address the real needs of people but need to be genuinely open to new approaches and styles of work if you are ever going to make the rhetoric of involving communities in the planning and assessment of programmes a reality , or ensure active participation in health sector organizations . |
| 26 | If you are ever attacked by a man with an erect penis , simply grasp it as firmly as you can , and forcibly rearrange it from 12 o'clock to six o'clock — and then run like hell . |
| 27 | WITHOUT WISHING to divulge too many trade secrets , if you 're ever called upon to interview an Australian punk rock band , the first question is a cinch . |
| 28 | ‘ You realize , ’ he said as they ascended , ‘ that if you 're ever tempted to breathe a word of what you see here the Society will eradicate you so quickly and so thoroughly your mother wo n't even know you existed ? ’ |
| 29 | Well you remember when mummy was , when mummy was alive there was a man came to the door and said if you 're ever selling let me know |
| 30 | It literally , it literally means produce the body only you ca n't simply , well the difference between a constitutional system and er an arbitrary government is that in arbitrary governments people get arrested and disappear , locked up , throw away the key and worry about it the next generation or after the next er military coup or whatever but in a constitutional government there have to be procedures and one of the safeguards of individual liberty is that if you 're ever arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies you have to be produced before a court within a specified period and charged with something . |