Example sentences of "even [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 2 | Most naturalists thought that there was some sort of underlying pattern in Nature , even if they found the circles a little too artificial a representation of the pattern . |
| 3 | Now they are impatient with a government that cut their pay by 10% ( even if it restored the cuts later ) . |
| 4 | Even if she reached the trees , the Dragoons would soon ride Sharpe down in the tangle of undergrowth . |
| 5 | Even as he studied the pages of his comic , his ears and senses were alert to the smallest sounds coming from the rest of the house . |
| 6 | Ross actually said the words out loud , even as he took the cross-hairs to and fro over the scene by the lakeside . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you just have to have a flexible mind , ’ said Masklin , knowing even as he said the words that this probably was n't going to be a lot of help . |
| 8 | He also warned Americans against expecting too much from their government , preaching personal responsibility and a smaller federal bureaucracy , even as he criticised the Republicans for refusing to harness the power of government to cure the nation 's domestic ills . |
| 9 | Even as he uttered the words a strange noise could be heard from beyond the French windows . |
| 10 | Even as she said the words , Rory shuddered , caught in the grip of a sudden , devastating premonition . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
| 12 | Even as she uttered the words , she realised how false they were . |
| 13 | But even as she framed the words in her mind , confidence deserted her . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 15 | But he was real young , even when he joined the Stones — about nineteen or twenty . |
| 16 | A lot of people here think they have no rights when buying goods in a sale and it 's quite mistaken to think that , you 've still , even though you bought the goods in a sale you should still have your three statutory rights . |