Example sentences of "i [vb past] only ever [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 As he turned , the leg was straight up in the air , a position I 'd only ever seen Springsteen get into voluntarily .
2 I 'd only ever given him pills before , and I 'm not medically trained , but it 's surprising how quickly you get used to it .
3 To test it 's authenticity I chose a dozen snails in garlic butter to start a dish that I 'd only ever eaten in Paris before .
4 Well on the Wittering job he said he wanted somebody there you know er myself as manager to oversee the job but on the Sheffield Wednesday job , incidentally I 'd I got the contract from them both , the Sheffield Wednesday job was done I 'd only ever had to visit it once and that was at my request not at anybody else 's and either way both erm the Wittering and the Sheffield Wednesday er there have been other drivers going .
5 I had only ever seen them in a tank or on a slab and this was totally different .
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