Example sentences of "even [subord] i [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She used to take me to the local baths in Penzance sometimes , because my grandmother insisted I had to learn to swim , even if I would n't go into the sea . |
| 2 | Well I would like to hope that he would take notice of my letter even if I would n't get any support from British Press . |
| 3 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 4 | For example — and just , as they say , off the top of my own head — I can imagine , even if I ca n't paint , these prototypically Magrittian images : a revolver that fires doves ; a two-humped animal with heads at each end ( a palindromedary , perhaps ) a painting of the Crucifixion that is itself ( the painting I mean ) nailed to a Cross ; an unearthly skyscape in which the four Presidents ' heads from Mount Rushmore emerge out of a billowing bank of clouds . |
| 5 | And I 'll be proud of you even if I ca n't understand them ! |
| 6 | And I am pleased , though unsurprised , that my programming remains effective , even if I ca n't get right in there to nurse it along . |
| 7 | and even if I ca n't take it up on the day , I could probably take it up the night before . |
| 8 | But this time I knew I could use it , even if I could n't think exactly how . |
| 9 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 10 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 11 | ‘ I do know about masses and light , even if I can never get them right . |
| 12 | If I want group members ' approval , I will accept the dictates of the group about my role , even though I might not accept that influence in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 13 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 14 | I 've had another word with Personnel and they say that even though I ca n't have any more full-timers , I can have a part-timer to help me with making the sandwiches in the morning and clearing up last thing at night . |
| 15 | Even though I ca n't find that button to take the other ones off . |
| 16 | I thought someone may have heard , even though I could n't call out . |
| 17 | Even though I could now visualize a cell or a room , and a man chained to a wall , trying to occupy his mind and keep his fears at bay , when I thought of John it was like thinking of him lost in an abstract painting which I did n't understand . |
| 18 | On the eve of the opening of the new season I arrive much earlier than necessary , even though I can not begin fishing until midnight . |