Example sentences of "we ever have " in BNC.

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1 Edward Cody of the AP and I once came to the conclusion that in every interview we conducted in Lebanon , a special chair should be set aside for The Plot — since The Plot invariably played a leading role in all discussions we ever had with politicians , diplomats or gunmen .
2 Men with more sense than we ever had .
3 No doubt she did some things that were … well , regrettable , I do n't know , but she worked very hard while she was with my family and she was the best nanny we ever had .
4 There again , we had one of the best encouragements we ever had .
5 The last horse we ever had was the best , a plump little Dales pony called Thomas .
6 We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were .
7 ‘ I do n't think we ever had one .
8 The only barbecue we ever had was when the house next door burnt down . ’
9 Gilbert : ‘ That was the worst article we ever had .
10 The year will be remembered as one of the best times we ever had .
11 But er that is what actually happened and er Jimmy Thomas sold the pass , he was the biggest traitor we ever had .
12 They were the workers and er they sort of opened their kitchen up , or the back scullery , they went round to the local butcher scrounging and begging meat , to the greengrocers for peas , parsnips , carrots , you name it it all went into this big huge copper , which I 've previously described to you as a washing copper , and they boiled all this soup up and we kids used to take the a jug and er we had to find the biggest jug we could , in the house that we could get , well the biggest jug we ever had was the wash-hand stand that was in the bedroom , that 's the wash-hand stand jug .
13 ‘ I was the best field agent we ever had .
14 I , I can remember erm when we ever had women in from the country they 'd say , oh yes , y y my mother told me always to take raspberry , raspberry leaf tea .
15 If you do , I 'll forget every agreement we ever had , and I 'll fight you with everything I 've got , so that by the end you wo n't have a shred of reputation left — ’
16 I am glad that the hon. Gentleman welcomes the project , but he must face the harsh reality that if we ever had a Labour Government there would be no money available to pursue this project , let alone order any more type 43 frigates .
17 Well , it 's not like we ever had anything much to talk about .
18 Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before .
19 Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any .
20 ‘ He was the best revue star we ever had , ’ said Michael Codron .
21 Perhaps I should start with one of the most colourful characters that we ever had in the Pathfinder Force — unhappily now dead — Tommy Blair of No 83 Squadron .
22 This year that we ever had the party .
23 we ever had
24 A roof rack , he wants to borrow one for Sunday , cos Susan 's coming back look , anyway she asked me and I said no we 've never had one , I do n't think we ever had , I said I 'll ask Doreen , so I asked Doreen and she said yes we have , but I 'd have to ask Leslie first , so when Dee come back I said yes she has , but do n't say anything to her cos you might not get it , but she 's not getting that .
25 Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth .
26 It 's worse than we ever had Where 's Miss gone ?
27 Now , how could we ever have forgotten it ?
28 How could we ever have believed otherwise ?
29 How else will we ever have sustainable strategies for energy , for transport , or telecommunications .
30 It is not individual qualities that we ever have occasion to predicate .
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