Example sentences of "even [subord] i [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | even if I 've never had to use it much |
2 | I just think that , there were n't many small villages in Northamptonshire that er well I did n't hear of , if , you know , I did n't know of , even if I had n't visited them , but erm |
3 | Sitting at table with these guests I would have felt uncomfortable even if I had n't robbed my sister . |
4 | I 've always wanted to work in a bank so even if I had n't have had Louisa it 's basically what I 'd have gone on to do anyway . |
5 | Even if I had n't expected the gunships , their colours would have told me what they were . |
6 | Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end . |
7 | I would gladly have accepted the post of manager even if I had not won it in the club raffle . |
8 | It was the first time that someone close to me had died , and I could not imagine life without my sister , even if I had never loved her , or even thought about her recently . |
9 | My obligation to Harry is sacred for his father 's sake , even if I did not love him like my own . |
10 | Even if I did not like you very much , I should still want you to be manageress of the Maison de Verveine in London . |
11 | I 'm just as good as he is , even if I did n't go to Eton . ’ |
12 | Even if I did n't love you as I do , I know my duty . |
13 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
14 | The organisers saw Morse drinking beer all the time on television and thought even if I did n't know anything about the quality of beer I must be a quantity man . |
15 | It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit . |
16 | I must tell you exactly what happened , even if I do not agree with it . |
17 | ‘ Even if I do n't succeed in having the Royal Prerogative exercised in favour of the 307 men , they have been vindicated by the most important court in the land British public opinion , ’ he said . |
18 | ‘ Even if I do n't act like it all the time . ’ |
19 | ‘ If there is one thing that Sweden taught me , it was to hang in there and not let my head go down , even if I do n't play particularly well . |
20 | but it 's still , I mean , even if I do n't , even if I do n't come out tomorrow , I 'd come out on Saturday |
21 | Besides , even if I do n't support the Islamic Revolution , it is still my country . ’ |
22 | ‘ I can understand it , even if I do n't like to think of her moving far away unless I get a personal recommendation about whoever takes her on . ’ |
23 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
24 | Even if I do n't know it , you do , and that changes your attitude to me . ’ |
25 | Even if I do n't know where I am , I like to know that . |
26 | Even if I have n't seen the labyrinth , at least I 've smelt and heard Ariadne 's home landscape . |
27 | even if I have n't had a shave , even the bristles , everything |
28 | Not even when I kept on disappearing ? ’ |
29 | Anything less than a straight A disappointed me , and even when I had clearly gained the best grade in the class — a slightly alleviating factor-I still told myself that it was n't good enough . |
30 | He tries to protect me even when I do n't need it . ’ |