Example sentences of "even [subord] they could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a pause for thought she told Dad that he must go and ask the Captain if he could let them have some cups and saucers and whatever else was available , even if they could not have the hall . |
| 2 | He had reasoned that , even if they could n't talk there , the morning concert might do her some good , that she had never willingly set foot out of the flat since it happened , that in any case he had a father 's responsibility towards his younger sister , and he had promised to go and hear her . |
| 3 | A message they were eager to hear , even if they could n't see . |
| 4 | Just as they loved colour , they loved oratory , even when they could not understand it : in 1901 delegates at the Free Church Council meeting in Cardiff stood up to welcome five former French priests . |
| 5 | They felt so grateful to the CWPR for protecting them — even though they could n't afford pigswill and potato peelings for their supper anymore . |
| 6 | Women were often active at election demonstrations , even though they could not vote . |
| 7 | He always talked nicely to the Men even though they could not understand a word he said . |