Example sentences of "[pron] be not even [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's not even room to swing a cat , ’ he says , and there is a wonderful picture of Tom imagining himself doing just that with a surprised-looking feline . |
| 2 | They 're not even afford it . |
| 3 | It 's not even dawn yet , but breakfast is finished and it 's time to get on the road . |
| 4 | When one studies the literature one finds that , surprising as it may seem , the weight of legal opinion is in favour of the second view ; and it is not even clear what is the proper legal means that the Crown should use to establish misbehaviour before dismissing a judge . |
| 5 | He 's not even fit to wipe Wilkos arse ! ! |
| 6 | Another reason , according to the same financier , was that ‘ at least two of his backers were not acceptable to the United board , while the third was so murky it was not even clear who it was . ’ |