Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] ever " in BNC.

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1 So I was doin' about a gram of heroin , a gram of cocaine , the most I ever done was a gram .
2 She had given birth at a time when she thought miscarriages would be all she ever knew .
3 Because that was all she ever would be to a man like him .
4 All she ever wanted was a
5 The porter , who had once been a sailor , told me that of all the saloon passengers only one ever visited the men below decks and his name was Charles Rocke .
6 I wondered then whether when two people speak together they ever really hear anything but what they say themselves , and what they wish to hear from the other .
7 Last time we were over here and when it came down it ever such a big thing !
8 He was seldom in the house except to eat or sleep and when he was all he ever did was yell , ‘ Get the tea .
9 So what ever your needs — whether you 're looking to buy , or want to make the most out of what you 've got — we have it all .
10 They 've been tripping over you ever since you came here . ’
11 Whether or not we ever find out the precise source of the metals , analyses have shown that these early casters in West Africa had a considerable technical knowledge and expertise .
12 A total of 363 exhibition visitors ( 99% of all respondents ) indicated whether or not they ever used the Library as a reader .
13 It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years .
14 ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’
15 ‘ The most you ever bought me was a lager . ’
16 For the believer who understands this , ‘ By God 's grace I am what I am ’ is never pious rhetoric : ‘ There but for the grace of God go I ’ is as realistic a statement as any we ever make .
17 Well you see , hardly anybody ever sa they do n't really sit in this area , all they do is er , I mean , they only sit
18 Waugh perceived a resemblance between the two books himself , and in his letter to Orwell on Nineteen Eighty-Four he reproached him in a jibe as potent as any he ever made to friend or enemy : ‘ Men who love a crucified God need never think of torture as all-powerful . ’
19 Hardly anyone ever travels the full 3,727 miles from sea to frigid sea — Halifax , Nova Scotia to Vancouver , British Columbia — except the odd , crazed British journalist .
20 Hardly anyone ever comes out this far , ’ Diane said , walking toward the middle of the clearing where about half a dozen mounds of earth appeared to have been dug over .
21 yeah that 's the limit that , that 's the most we ever did in Wigan was n't it ?
22 And you are the first person now I ever told it to .
23 Any software that uses a page description language called PostScript will talk to Linotype photosetters , TeX talks to just about anything ever made or you could go for a specialist product such as Itek 's PTW which links to their Digitek photosetter .
24 Well no-one ever knew that the fire alarms were going off .
25 Why ca n't I ever behave like the person I want to be ?
26 Have n't I ever told you the story about Maurice helping Louis hide all the wine ?
27 ‘ Do n't I ever , ’ said Rose , with her old energy .
28 Why ca n't I ever find things that suit me ? ’
29 Do n't I ever surprise you , and twist a knife in your heart ?
30 Yeah , but I do n't I ever do is copy .
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