Example sentences of "[coord] even [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terminals need to be tight if good contact is to be maintained , abut if they are very tight they may distort or even break if they are pulled up at one end to remove them . |
| 2 | Satisfied that these arrangements were as safe as any in the circumstances , Coleman decided to beef up his cover by inviting Peter Arnett , Cable News Network 's correspondent in Jerusalem , to join him in interviewing the general — without , of course , revealing his identity as an intelligence agent or even suggesting that there might be a hidden motive for the visit . |
| 3 | Patients needing major surgery in some parts of Britain are suffering or even dieing because they 're considered too old for treatment . |
| 4 | Which left him wondering why Alexei had agreed to the proposal at all — for if he knew or even suspected that there was to be no marriage , it was difficult to see where he perceived his advantage to lie . |
| 5 | Had no one in the hospital tried to stop him leaving or even noticed that he was missing ? |
| 6 | He could be sued or even prosecuted if anything went wrong . |
| 7 | As far as I was concerned , reading was an automatic skill rather than an indication of superior intelligence or understanding , and no one but myself seemed to have noticed the difference , or even realised that there was one . |
| 8 | This is not to say that women 's experience , perceptions , feelings and emotions are self-validating and constitute in themselves an epistemological standpoint , or even to say that they are always correctly identified and described , but it is to suggest that philosophy would look rather different if women 's experience had the same rights of entry as that of men . |
| 9 | Otherwise one might make a statistical correction or even hope that its effect is small , i.e. discrimination might be good enough even when light is lost due to blocking . |
| 10 | It is only once the problem is well under way or even completed that one fully knows what the notation is required to do . |
| 11 | We do not have to define him , or even believe that he is a ‘ person ’ , in order to believe that he is real . |
| 12 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 13 | Although this is hardly the headhunter 's fault , the candidate will naturally feel annoyance or even anger that his or her expectations have been raised and then dashed , often without much explanation . |
| 14 | A self-appointed leader , he made the rules without being explicit about them or even explaining that there were rules . |
| 15 | That 's why er many authors insist on that aspect of child sex abuse , that erm apparent consent or even y'know when it seems that the child is expressing some curiosity about that these activities , nevertheless it 's abusive . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. Friend accept what is becoming obvious by now — that many of his hon. Friends , and Members in all parts of the House , have no wish or even thought that he should resign over this issue , or that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister should see fit to accept his resignation ? |
| 17 | Occasionally he falls into a kind of torpor where he wo n't speak or even acknowledge that anyone is there . ’ |
| 18 | There was n't time to edge away or even think as his mouth possessed her and his hands moved on her body , caressing it beneath the soft folds of her cotton top . |
| 19 | All the way across not one stone moved or even trembled as she jumped on to it or swayed on top of it or clutched at the sides of it ! |
| 20 | The school trip was an example of massive disorganized organization : every minute of every day was officially occupied , and Clara wasted some time before she realized that nobody in the whole world would care or even notice whether she attended each event or not . |
| 21 | His hands were careful and restrained , his mouth tender , and although only a very short while later , Cassie was to realize just how much self-control he had exerted at that moment of their first real physical contact , for those few minutes , she knew only that she was not afraid of him , nor even suspected that there was any need to be . |
| 22 | He continued to assert that he would not live beyond the age of forty and even implied that he would take steps to ensure this . |
| 23 | Fabia felt a nibble of excitement get to her as she ran a comb through her long golden hair , and even found that there were traces of a smile picking up the corners of her mouth . |
| 24 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |
| 25 | There are times when we do not find each other attractive and even feel like we are not in love . |
| 26 | If being in unfamiliar places worries you , you might find it helpful to visit the reception hall in advance and even to stand where you will be standing to give the speech and rehearse the opening sentence . |