Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [not/n't] even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minor mistake she may not even have made — for society 's judgment , not actual guilt , is what counts — is likely to dog her forever . |
| 2 | She might not trust Guy Sterne , she might not even like him very much , she might suspect him of being a ruthless womaniser and profiteer … but she wanted him here , with her … now where was the logic in that ? |
| 3 | If not for the help of the librarian she might not even have found the book . |
| 4 | With any luck she might n't even spot him . |
| 5 | Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction . |
| 6 | ‘ She could not even stand by herself yet she has has been the victim of a most brutal assault in her own bed . |
| 7 | The patient , whom I shall call Maxine , first came to see me because she had a phobia about water — a phobia which was becoming so exaggerated that she could not even bear to put her hands in water and had to rely on creams and lotions to cleanse her face and body . |
| 8 | She did not move , she was too heavy with all that had happened , she could not even lift her hands to cover her face . |
| 9 | She could not even scream now . |
| 10 | Something briefly blurred her vision of the tall man , who silently wiped away the tear she could not even feel , before he lowered the lid over her face , cutting off all light . |
| 11 | She could not even claim the innocence and impetuosity of youth . |
| 12 | She could still see only his profile , and when he moved away , into the room 's shadows , she could not even see that . |
| 13 | She found that she could not even blink under the harsh glare . |
| 14 | She could not even put her head through the door . |
| 15 | She heard the sounds of the battle ; she could not even croak out a song to him , for her tongue clove to her palate as if , while her baby drank , she were dying of thirst . |
| 16 | She tried to do the accent , but she could not even get the ‘ daddy ’ right . |
| 17 | She could not even imagine what it must be like to have a brother who had been murdered . |
| 18 | She could not even imagine her father here . |
| 19 | She could not even imagine how it would end . ’ |
| 20 | She could not even ask him , why ? |
| 21 | Herbs in rough places , juniper , rosemary and thyme , which she would have named but not identified , oregano which she could not even have named . |
| 22 | She could not help reflecting , as she pushed a magazine into the first letter box , that a world in which Daimler drivers could pay four hundred thousand pounds for a country house while she could not even muster a couple of hundred for Luke 's modest share of an old transit van had a certain imbalance to it . |
| 23 | She could not even say she truly felt she had had Ferdinando with her those four months . |
| 24 | She could not even say so . |
| 25 | Phoebe lived in a totally other world , a world she could not even begin to penetrate , a calm world of profound indifference , which is not the world that Maggie lived in , nor the one she wanted to live in . |
| 26 | But in her heart she knew there was no way in the world she would ever take up this incredible offer , which had been prompted by motives she could not even begin to fathom . |
| 27 | She made a few attempts and found that she could not work , she could not even read . |
| 28 | She could not even define her feelings . |
| 29 | Suddenly , lost in misery , she could not even remember why . |
| 30 | Indeed , she could not even remember the day in question or her request for a baby to play with . |