Example sentences of "even [conj] they have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they had never contemplated the smallest act of resistance themselves , the notion of FAKINTIL in the hills with their leader had offered the possibility of freedom one day . |
| 2 | Even so , some names will elicit more anticipatory excitement than others , and I would hazard a guess that , even if they 've never played one , most bass players are aware of Pedulla 's reputation . |
| 3 | However , one ‘ kinship defender ’ interviewed did speak of children ‘ having intense feelings for their own parents even if they 've never seen them ’ . |
| 4 | As I 've said , you change yarn every two rows , which most knitters seem to know , even if they 've never tried double jacquard . |
| 5 | Some doctors feel that all women being treated for candidiasis should have this treatment , even if they have never suffered the symptoms of vaginal thrush . |
| 6 | Moreover , they interpret a piece of music and make it their own , even if they have never encountered the given orchestra until a few hours before . |
| 7 | It can not be denied that rock has always been the province of men , even if they have often aped the female . |
| 8 | Simply knowing that two people are linked in a particular genealogical relationship does not necessarily predict that they will acknowledge any responsibilities towards each other , not even whether they have actually kept in contact at a minimal level . |
| 9 | In old established family firms , the elder members of the family might continue to be obeyed and held in respect , even after they have officially retired . |
| 10 | It is this last factor — the high cost of extending the scope of mainframe-based applications — that has discouraged hard-pressed customers in the US from adding mainframe power at a rapid pace even as they have rapidly added desktop machines and minicomputers . |
| 11 | Often children develop animal phobias , even when they have always had good relations with a particular species of animal . |
| 12 | An eagle flies better than a pelican even though they 've both got wings . ’ |
| 13 | Nowadays , everyone seems to call everyone else by their first name , even though they 've never met them before . |
| 14 | Romance has blossomed between Amanda and convicted killer , Bobby Downs , even though they 've never met . |
| 15 | Leeds were quoted at 20–1 to win it , even though they 'd just shown an interview with Howard saying the squad we have now is better than the one we had when we won the thing . |
| 16 | A great deal of my audience enjoyed them immensely even though they 'd never heard them before . |
| 17 | The depth of semi-recognition , even though they 'd never met , was puzzling and disturbing . |
| 18 | Last night , the East German Foreign Ministry issued a statement attacking the attitude of the refugees : ‘ Some East German citizens will justifiably ask why we let these people emigrate to West Germany via East Germany , even though they had grossly violated our laws , ’ said the statement read as the main television news item . |
| 19 | He was pleased to see how well they had all mixed , even though they had admittedly come together with a common purpose . |
| 20 | Cardiff was now somehow not surprised to find that the sound of the man 's voice was familiar — even though they had never met before . |
| 21 | Even though they had all agreed beforehand to the principle of a supranational institution , the six states of ‘ little ’ Europe — France , West Germany , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg — faced nine months of hard bargaining after they formally began negotiations in June 1950 . |
| 22 | The most recent sequence of excavations has established that there was limited pre-Roman occupation of the site , in the form of a round house , which may have been associated with areas of ploughed fields , found below Roman levels in Annetwell Street , even though they had apparently reverted to pasture immediately before the arrival of the Romans . |