Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'd swear to that on a stack of any books you consider sufficiently sacred , even if they burn my hypothetical fingers . ’ |
| 2 | She knew that writing his name was never going to get him back , even if they wrote it hundreds of times in the most beautiful book in the world . |
| 3 | Students who are normally resident in Northern Ireland are not normally eligible for postgraduate awards from award-giving bodies in Great Britain even if they undertook their first degree at a university or polytechnic in Great Britain . |
| 4 | I sha n't take it if it 's something I do n't like you know even if they give it free . |
| 5 | Britain has attracted the biggest concentration of investment from Japan , and the Japanese feel comfortable with the Conservatives , even if they reserve their deepest admiration for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 6 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 7 | Even if we win our two outstanding games we would be virtually seven points behind . |
| 8 | I mean the product might might work for you and me and it might not it will work the same for them , even if we try our hardest . |
| 9 | The point I 'm going to make is that erm , if we are n't going to get through the year and we 're all going to have to take a percentage of our March allowances because the money 's run out and we 're cash limited even if we give ourselves five percent extra , erm , could I get an assurance from the officers that the people that have n't put in their forms will get a note to remind them to do so , so that everybody is in there , you wo n't suddenly find that because you have n't had your claim form in by the fourteenth you 're gon na get nothing and everybody else is gon na get something . |
| 10 | Even if we find it difficult to imagine the strength of feeling behind this ambivalence , most of us can recall or visualize the ambivalence in a parent 's action when given a ‘ friendly cuff ’ , or when threatened with a poised hand and a laughing voice . |
| 11 | Of course he will feel jealous when a new baby arrives on the scene — even if he does his best not to show it . |
| 12 | Even if you offered me two hundred thousand , I would refuse . |
| 13 | And even if you lose your statutory job rights for a period while working abroad , you may regain them if you return to work in this country . |
| 14 | even if you get them wrong , I 'll put them right , it 's the only way you 'll learn |
| 15 | You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest , even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess . |
| 16 | Even if you have your own intelligence sources , such as an in-house research department , German Brief provides you with a knowledgeable and authoritative insight into the German business scene . |
| 17 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 18 | The beaches await but even if you consider yourself more of a sun worshipper than a sightseeing buff , you may be tempted to venture further afield , out to explore the rolling hills and picturesque cornfields which stretch across this region 's landscapes and conjure up images of some rich renaissance tapestry . |
| 19 | Cor even if it takes you three days ! |
| 20 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 21 | Being a sensible person , you will already have studied the standing orders and have resolved to take all your decisions without fear or favour , even if it makes you unpopular . |
| 22 | Look , I 'll promise you one thing : I 'll not marry Kitty McKenna , not even if she sends me another tie . ’ |
| 23 | Many of them have been slain , and those who still pursue their craft do so in large bands , which means for bad hunting , even while it keeps them alive . ’ |
| 24 | Does that mean even before they pay their first premium ? |
| 25 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 26 | Even before he reached his nineteenth birthday , he had begun to make a name as a choreographer , and one of the works he made then is still danced : only a trifle , but full of the wit that was one of his gifts . |
| 27 | At gym lessons I needed to organise my changing routine so that I could take off my outdoor shoes , slip my feet immediately into my gym shoes and , even before I tied my gym-shoe laces , put my outdoor shoes into my satchel hoping that they would stay there throughout the lesson . |
| 28 | The benefits of the DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN can continue even after you receive your tax-free payout , in the form of a further lump sum — again taxfree — payable to your dependents on your death . |
| 29 | And he , even as he turned his damp face towards me , pink and stupid in his unbuttoned uniform , could only be Casey , rooted in my dreams now , the same leering grin that will haunt me for years . |
| 30 | Even as she heard her own voice she was horrified by what it was saying , but somehow could n't stop herself , even though it went completely against the grain to tell such blatant lies . |