Example sentences of "[adj -est] [pron] ever [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lovely ! ’ she would say as she cooked and ate it , with the little pursing of her lips and narrowing of her grey eyes which was the nearest she ever came to a smile or a laugh . |
| 2 | The nearest we ever got to Twickenham was Cardiff . ’ |
| 3 | He had lost his eye when he was a young child , and the nearest he ever got to France was a trip to Brighton . |
| 4 | I got him a couple of times but he was one of the best I ever bowled to . |
| 5 | On reflection he admits that the 1983 Ulster final against Donegal was probably the closest he ever came to capturing an elusive Ulster senior championship medal . |
| 6 | Well even m er my kiddies er not An er Joan so much but the others seven o'clock was the latest they ever went to bed . |