Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] even [vb pp] in " in BNC.

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1 Madonna had not even appeared in court with him .
2 The Government maintained this position , even after the wide range of options contained in the White paper published in Copenhagen on 9 October and a contribution made by Mr Schlüter to the special Council of Ministers on 16 October showed that the Danish Government had not even decided in its own mind what position to take .
3 He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea .
4 It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length .
5 Fool that I was , I had not even looked in the newspapers , let alone the stage journals …
6 I used to sit outside the job centre , then come home and say , " I have applied , but I had to send in an application form " , and I had n't even gone in there .
7 He had n't come near her , had n't even glanced in her direction .
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