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 . |