Example sentences of "even [conj] i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if I had said I was , which I am not , though I admit to certain sympathies , I can see that you are prey to the usual set of misconceptions . |
| 2 | I could not remember what she was saying , nor even if I had understood her , but I knew that what she was saying must be , in some sense , significant . |
| 3 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if I 'd told you everything , you would n't have known ‘ t was de Raimes ’ men at the ford . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |
| 6 | You will remember that when we last spoke you said the Ramsbum , Gooseneck business was impossible , and that was even before I had met my colleague Blitherdick , the wine waiter who had been on holiday when I arrived . |
| 7 | Even before I had finished I began to experience a great feeling of freedom and relief . |
| 8 | I was light-headed , even after I 'd dried my face . |
| 9 | Even after I 'd told my wife the good news I could n't hide my depression . |
| 10 | AB still appears shorter than BC even after I have measured them and found them to be equal . |
| 11 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 12 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 13 | Even though I 've accepted myself , it does n't mean I would n't want to look better sometimes . |
| 14 | Even though I 've run my mower on unleaded petrol for years , I 'd like to see the manufacturers design cleaner engines . |
| 15 | I 'm so hungry even though I 've eaten I feel like I ai n't eaten nothing . |
| 16 | I 'd live off my wits even though I 've geared myself to be a footballer . |
| 17 | I was and it 's never gone away even though I 've put my weight back on . |
| 18 | Sitting outside my childhood home , waiting for my mother to come home , even though I had watched her die , she thought . |
| 19 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 20 | The bank suddenly started asking for guarantees from my husband , even though I 'd held my own account for two years . |
| 21 | Even though I 'd told you there was no point in your harbouring hopes , I somehow had n't expected you to up and leave . |
| 22 | Even though I have met him a couple of times . |
| 23 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 24 | Even though I have heard it all before . |