Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the finale , when he mystifyingly decided they were more important than they 'll ever know , ’ he accused them of speaking ‘ piffle , tosh and cynicism . ’ |
| 2 | Millions of British motorists are driving cars more plush than they would ever choose to own were they handed the extra money and told to spend it themselves . |
| 3 | It seems that people tend to be more demanding of themselves than they would ever let management be . |
| 4 | In that year , Haringey 's Labour councillors learned more about heterosexism than they would ever have believed possible , and they have become far more articulate in their defence of lesbian and gay rights than they were at the time of their election . |
| 5 | Paul McCartney and Madonna , Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch all have more money than they will ever need . |
| 6 | One monk noted in reply to the Commission 's enquiries that religious communities probably owe to music more of their spirituality than they will ever know . |
| 7 | He gave them far more money than the business was worth or than they should ever have got their hands on . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , these kids still approach the major record companies in search of greater fame and fortune than they could ever hope to achieve by themselves . |
| 9 | The old reactions died hard , if they would ever perish at all . |
| 10 | Neither knew if they would ever see each other again . |
| 11 | Many of them go on to wonder if they could ever make a marriage . |
| 12 | The tragedy is that life has now become complex and involved , and they wonder if they can ever break themself from all those things that are now hindrances . |
| 13 | He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it . |
| 14 | But by that time four of the enemy ships were wrecks , one was aground and two of the remainder sufficiently damaged to make it doubtful whether they would ever reach their home ports — which was most evidently the hope of the survivors , as they went through the difficult , desperate business of turning in the confined space and heading back out to sea . |
| 15 | They must have constantly wondered whether they would ever return to the world outside the moat that separated them from it , a moat that also served as a sewer . |
| 16 | She thought about the Josephs , apparently guilty of an especially heartless and greedy crime , and wondered how they had got drugs into the United States and whether they would ever do so again . |
| 17 | Many of the children have no idea what 's happened to the rest of their families or whether they 'll ever see them again . |
| 18 | Great Western commuters are in favour of electric trains , but sceptical as to whether they 'll ever come about . |
| 19 | His latest disciplinary bust-up has left senior Middlesex officials wondering whether they can ever tame the 22-year-old hothead . |
| 20 | No tourist should be without at least 10 times as many pockets as they 'll ever find use for . |