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 . |