Example sentences of "[pron] ever [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder why you did n't phone your lawyer before I ever got to the front door . ’ |
| 2 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 3 | I do n't think she ever came to the City of the Horizon . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No one ever came to the gigs in Holland , but those that did were usually out of their heads . |
| 5 | No one ever came to the Evans 's house to visit . |
| 6 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 7 | If it ever came to the crunch … |
| 8 | On one occasion , when Sarah Bernhardt was the guest of honour at a Savoy dinner , he cooked the greater part of the meal at a side table under her very eyes ; his carving of the duck was a flamboyant display of swordsmanship ; when asked if he ever went to the theatre he replied that he would rather see six gourmets eating a perfectly cooked meal than watch the finest performance of Bernhardt or of Coquelin . |
| 9 | WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CARRY ON TEAM ? |