Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] even [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was managing to put our disastrous marriage behind me , and I was even getting to the stage where I could look forward to the future . |
| 2 | If my children were ill Laura would send me home immediately and I was even allowed to smoke in their presence . ’ |
| 3 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 4 | The stubble was gone , and he was even wearing a tie — well , nearly . |
| 5 | Hooligans showered him with rotten eggs and he was even punched in Schwerin , east Germany . |
| 6 | He was told not to promise any date for attainment of Dominion status : ‘ There is no advantage in fixing paper dates ’ , and he was even told not to use the term Dominion status and on no account to make any reference to independence . |
| 7 | A marriage of Baptists believers , this : Charles , unlike his brother John , was never a full member of Badcox Lane Chapel , and he was even to play safe by having his children christened at the parish church ; but it was to the Baptists he turned whenever there was a death in the family , and eventually he and his wife would find a last resting place in the chapel burial ground on Catherine Hill . |
| 8 | Now and then there were proposals for reforming the entire system , and it was even suggested that the 12 constellations of the Zodiac might be named after the 12 Apostles . |