Example sentences of "[coord] even [subord] they did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or even if they did … no , no . |
| 2 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 3 | These plans did not always materialise and even when they did , they happened only slowly . |
| 4 | Heathen savages are unlikely to belong to any church and even if they did there 's no blessing for a fool who takes his own life . ’ |
| 5 | No-one will deny — and even if they did , few would dare say so — that Clough has been a magnificently accomplished football manager , blessed with an alchemy denied to others . |
| 6 | The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside . |
| 7 | The Wolvercote Tongue was insured for half a million dollars , and one of the safest ways of transferring it over to England had got to be on the person of the traveller : few people would entrust such an item to letter-post or parcel-post or courier-service ; and even if they did , the insurance-risk premium would be prohibitive . |
| 8 | and even if they did buy without a solicitors assistance , what was the system about sending them the letter which we 've looked at earlier which is at erm D one , five , two , remember this is the letter that goes to Mr solicitors assuming you get a very rare person who does his or her own conveyance |
| 9 | The barons were comparatively few in number ; the Church formally forbade them to marry their sixth cousins or any nearer relatives , and seriously attempted to enforce the prohibition on third cousins ; and even though they did not always accept this limitation , it meant that they looked far and wide in their own class for marriage alliances . |
| 10 | Usually , no doubt , the audience shared the unstated assumptions , but even if they did not , it would have been a solecism to answer the question . |
| 11 | But even if they did not , the style demanded players of exceptional calibre — who were becoming increasingly rare — and a manager capable of moulding them into an effective outfit ; in this no one measured up to Chapman . |
| 12 | The critics went on praising these qualities but even as they did so they began to have quite serious reservations . |