Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he was kissing her because he only felt sorry for her , she could pretend , could n't she ? |
| 2 | he told her that even if he was caught he had now enough money to get her , police monitoring calls to the Shipway 's office traced the call within seconds to a phone box at the service station on the A one at Groinby near Gran Grantham Lan , Lincolnshire , police cars arrived at the call box only minutes after the kidnapper had left |
| 3 | He speaks quietly , pleasantly , with an even delivery that would sound the same even if he was threatening your life . |
| 4 | Even if I was using him , a time of my choosing , to wash away the guilt … |
| 5 | I am unemployed , but even if I was working I do n't think I would lay out all the expense to travel to London . |
| 6 | I am unemployed , but even if I was working I do n't think I would lay out all the expense to travel to London . |
| 7 | He might be lord of all he surveyed , but it seemed he did n't in the least mind getting his own hands dirty , even if it was to assist his arch enemy . |
| 8 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 9 | But even while he was saying it , it did not sound true . |
| 10 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 11 | 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 … " |
| 12 | He 'd answered with some folderol about seeking the ideal woman , but he 'd known the truth even as he was spinning her this tosh , and it was a bitter thing . |
| 13 | But even as she was unslinging her canvas bag , so the group moved off to the lifts again . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Then even as I was grinding its neck into the gravel it was trying to peck my heel . |
| 16 | Koloto said : ‘ I never lost hope , even when I was told I would never play again . |
| 17 | Even when she was travelling she would be checking she had all the facts at her finger tips for her next assignment . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 20 | And so on for several more lines , and all to say he meant to finish with Claire , even though she was expecting his child . |
| 21 | He had to hold her one-handed for a moment , and to hold her steady even though she was fighting him hard . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mike 's boss , Max Smith , 53 , said : ‘ Even though he was trapped he finished the job . ’ |