Sentence examples for had ever earned from inspiring English sources

"I was literally the only person they knew who had ever earned her living," she remarked.

The charge wiped away all the profits the company had ever earned.

No serious American writer had ever earned so much money from a novel.

In 16 previous years of interleague play, no Mets team had ever earned a season-series sweep against the Yankees.

Asked if he had ever earned a save with a runner being thrown out trying to steal for the final out, Rivera wasn't positive.

In November 1997, Green Tree began a long process of erasing most of the profits it had ever earned with a $190 million pretax write-off.

If the option vests, Rodriguez would make more money than Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' closer, has ever earned in one season.

They are costly: redundancies "without just cause" attract a fine of 4% of the total amount the worker has ever earned, for example.

If any host nation has ever earned a handful of incompetent decisions from nervous and flag-happy officials, it was this one.

"You write this play and put it on in a pub theatre and, eventually, it earns you more money than you've ever earned writing TV.

"I've spent all I've ever earned on motorbike racing," says Tinmouth, who works from Monday to Friday as a mechanic.