Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] ever " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , I wanted to create a factory where nobody would ever have to do any physical work .
2 Only later did the teacher 's foolish comment cause anxiety in the minds of children where none should ever have existed .
3 Now she is more independent than I would ever have believed possible .
4 " You 've got some weight coming and that 's more than I shall ever have . "
5 I 've had more shooting practice out here in the fields with Davide than I 'll ever have in Caserta !
6 She added firmly , ‘ Someone far more sophisticated than I 'll ever be . ’
7 But in this one you 're right and that makes me right too without having to decide just why I 'm doing this and perhaps doing more than I 'll ever get around to telling you .
8 ‘ More than I 'd ever be interested in doing for someone as one-dimensional as you are . ’
9 ‘ You 're a much better actress than I 'd ever have given you credit for , Aurora .
10 True humility is realizing that God can make a much better job of my life than I could ever do by myself .
11 Her Edmund ( who lives in Rome ) is more distinguished than I could ever be , and she was never so humble as her Emily .
12 It is more sad and dispiriting than I could ever begin to explain and you would ever believe .
13 This summer , I visited the Art Materials Exhibition and , to my surprise , I learnt more from watching paintings in action than I could ever have learnt from the so-called Teach Yourself books .
14 The Fat Controller looked more at home in this context than I could ever imagine him to have been at Cliff Top , or anywhere else for that matter .
15 So I did n't even raise an objection when she insisted on touring the Story of Vadinamia museum , which included a lengthier account of the planet 's development than I could ever want — plus an equally detailed , and gruesome , study of life and death on the planets surface ,
16 Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing .
17 My friend Bruce Hutchison was a far greater Canadian patriot than I will ever be .
18 The lakes were at their lowest levels for 20 years , and Chew was lower than I can ever remember .
19 A group of men and women are coming together to re-create something that is beautiful , more beautiful than I can ever realize by simply reading the score .
20 It 's the cheapest adventure story in the world , and it 'll tell you more about Koraloona than I can ever put into words .
21 Hiding her feelings quickly , she said , ‘ I would have had four more years of your love than I can ever have now . ’
22 You ca n't know that any more than I can ever know what it 's like giving birth to a child .
23 During her years in Helmsley , she had missed life on the farm more than she would ever have thought possible .
24 Benny took the bus to Dublin on the first day of term with more trepidation than she would ever have expected .
25 For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years .
26 More hurt , bewildered and confused than she would ever have believed possible such a short time ago , she walked into the dark cottage and up to bed .
27 His gratitude — and the kiss — meant more to her than she would ever have admitted to anyone .
28 Emily climbed down from the cab and stood looking uncertainly around her , World 's End was a far worse place than she could ever have imagined .
29 So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas .
30 Grainne lay in Raynor 's arms before the fire , warm and drowsy , and more deeply happy than she could ever remember being .
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