Example sentences of "even if [pers pn] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 2 | Therefore the buyers were entitled to refuse to accept delivery because the sellers had committed a breach of condition ( i.e. of section 13 ) and the buyers were entitled to do so even if they would have suffered no loss by having the tins packed in cases of 24 instead of cases of 30 . |
| 3 | A particular problem which frequently arises is a claim by an employee that even if he must have realised , in accordance with the principle laid down in the Printers and Finishers case , that he was under a duty to maintain a confidence , such duty was in fact overridden by the way in which his employer acted towards the information ie that the employer is estopped from now relying on confidence . |
| 4 | It was no use — even if he could have got to his feet , he knew he 'd never be able to escape . |
| 5 | Dougal did n't struggle : even if he could have got out of the duvet , he would n't have stood a chance . |
| 6 | Even if he could have turned them down he would n't have , in my opinion . |
| 7 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 8 | Even if I might have wandered away from Piccadilly , I could n't have gone far , and anyway I did n't mind walking . |
| 9 | It would have been madness to pull it out , even if I could have faced doing it . |
| 10 | He was not going to get a bike because he would n't be able to reach the pedals , but I would n't have said anything even if I could have , because nobody expects people to tell the truth to women and , besides , that 's what friends are for , as they say . |
| 11 | It would have been far better to have at least made the attempt — even if it might have ended in disaster — than be left with such intense regrets and nostalgia for what might have been . |
| 12 | To attribute these characteristics to English is not , then , ‘ neutral ’ , even if it may have derived from a genuinely detached ‘ academic ’ inquiry . |
| 13 | Even if she could have got him into one , which she very much doubted , there was no guarantee it could hold his weight without breaking . |