Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone 's performance is not up to the standards set by the injunctions , no allowances are made , even if they are doing their best to cope with severe or even impossible demands . |
| 2 | He speaks quietly , pleasantly , with an even delivery that would sound the same even if he was threatening your life . |
| 3 | I know climbers are not always the most considerate of folks , but this is definitely a place to adopt a ‘ softly softly ’ approach , even if you are finding your chosen route a little hard going . |
| 4 | If you can afford such luxuries , the device known as the Steadicam JR will give you perfectly smooth shooting even while you are walking your camcorder through a tracking shot ! |
| 5 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 6 | Even as he was shaking his head , Patrick could hear Tom Rooney saying to him , " You 're part of the organization now … we look after our own , " and then he remembered the young gunman 's statement , " We need people like you … if any of you feel like joining … " |
| 7 | But even as she was unslinging her canvas bag , so the group moved off to the lifts again . |
| 8 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 9 | Then even as I was grinding its neck into the gravel it was trying to peck my heel . |
| 10 | Why were those high-fibre eaters keeping slim even when they were eating their fill ? |
| 11 | This was in part due to Reginald Birch 's illustrations which kept the boy always in black velvet and lace , even when he was riding his pony , and in part to the intense relationship between mother and son ; Mrs Burnett here had in mind herself and her son Vivian , upon whom Fauntleroy himself was modelled . |
| 12 | And so on for several more lines , and all to say he meant to finish with Claire , even though she was expecting his child . |
| 13 | The company also reports continuing strong sales of its Mips RISC-based systems in Europe and Asia , even though it is moving its product lines over to the Alpha AXP RISC . |
| 14 | Certainly , the former Harlequins coach , did that at Myreside yesterday afternoon when he had 24 Watson 's boys eating out of his hand , even though he was wearing his England track suit . |
| 15 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 16 | They would never let you in alone , even though you are wearing your best clothes . |