Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , some individuals or groups in society will fail to forecast inflation correctly and so may , for example , seek money wage increases which are lower than necessary to maintain their real wages ; other individuals or groups may not have the power to gain full compensation for inflation even if they do predict it correctly . |
| 2 | How often do you dump a file on someone 's desk with a Post-it note on it saying ‘ do this ’ and get it back — okay — competently done but with no knowledge how it might have disrupted that person 's other work or even if they liked doing it enough to want to do more ? |
| 3 | ‘ Mother Machree ’ and even if everyone hated to admit it to his face , Father Mooney sang it well , considering he was a man that had no formal training at Ingham 's . |
| 4 | Even if somebody had picked it up , maybe they had done so by mistake . |
| 5 | Despite modern central heating systems , which heat our homes from cellar to attic , nothing can quite replace that warm glow — even if we have to recreate it with ceramic ‘ coals ’ and gas-fired flames … |
| 6 | In the Psalms of David Smart had his pattern laid out for him , even if he chose to embroider it a little . |
| 7 | ‘ Even if he had desired it , he could scarcely have done more to ensure that the Khans would support Nogai 's will . ’ |
| 8 | He did not know that Isambard , unsure of the numbers with which he had to deal , and always thorough , had brought forty men to sustain the assault against his dozen ; and even if he had known it would have brought him no comfort . |
| 9 | He said even if he had known it was an aneurysm , it may have been totally inoperable and would have carried a mortality rate of 80% . |
| 10 | This involved frequent absences from home , so that , even if he had wished it , he would not really have been able to run the estates himself . |
| 11 | He needed some excitement , even if he had to make it himself ! |
| 12 | A toddler I know refers to me as ‘ English aunt ’ — even if he does mix it up and call my male friend ‘ foreign aunt ’ too . |
| 13 | She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her . |
| 14 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 15 | ‘ Even if you did open it , ’ said the Bookman , ‘ I 'm sure the pages are weighed down with so many words it would be impossible to turn them over . ’ |
| 16 | Stick to the point , even if it means you 're acting like a bit of a broken record , get that person make sure they hear what you 're saying even if you have to repeat it over and over again . |
| 17 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 18 | If you take your floppy disk out of the machine while the file is still on the screen , even if you have saved it , it is still open . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want any of you others to do anything , even if you do mean it for the best . ’ |
| 20 | You still get your sixty pee even if you do do it in the day . |
| 21 | Classic Maya civilization appears to have collapsed some 600 years before the Spanish conquest of Central America , but even if it had survived it seems inevitable that the Maya obsession with time would have remained a historical curiosity with no influence on the modern world . |
| 22 | I had Masquerade to mend and a life to live and , even if it meant living it without Ellen , my charter days were done . |
| 23 | She 'll also make a grab for any toy that takes her fancy , even if she 's told it belongs to another child . |
| 24 | even before we have mentioned it well I know |
| 25 | Lisa knew it was Vass , even before she reached to answer it . |
| 26 | It is surprising how few students realize the full potential of simple diatonic harmony , even after they have studied it at school and university . |
| 27 | ‘ Have you seen Grimes yet ? ’ he asked Minton , who went to great lengths to obtain seats for himself , Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping , even after he had seen it twice . |
| 28 | ‘ At times I feel like a socket that remembers its tooth ’ , he writes , trying to retain some sense of the world even as he prepares to leave it . |
| 29 | But even when it does occur it does not provide too much of a problem , for the sea slugs are capable of quickly regenerating them ready for the next naïve fish to attack . |
| 30 | Even when I did believe it we discussed it several times , but he would n't change his mind . |