Example sentences of "even [conj] it [was/were] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it were only a dozen , they could with megaton bombs inflict widespread devastation . |
| 2 | Even if it were only a few hundred pounds , five hundred , six , I would n't be standing here sick with worry … |
| 3 | But once you 'd lied — even if it were only by implication or simply by failing to deny something — you were forced to go on lying . |
| 4 | Gloria said he only went along with her because of the housing shortages , because he knew he was lucky to have a room at all , even if it was only half a room at Mrs Parvis 's . |
| 5 | She knew she 'd be happier with a specific task to take her mind off things rather than just sitting about waiting for whatever might happen next , even if it was only the passing of time . |
| 6 | Ineffectual or not against lingering gases it seemed a wise precaution , even if it was only psychological . |
| 7 | That was the motivation to bring home the bacon , even if it was only Spam . ’ |
| 8 | The son of a one-time Manchester United football player and star of too many ordinary British films like Pussycat , Pussycat , I Love You and Yesterday 's Hero , found that moving to America paid off , even if it was only in numerous glossy TV mini-series and soaps like Dallas . |
| 9 | Given the size of the motion-picture audience it was inevitable that political authorities would become involved in some regulation of the industry even if it was only to be a question of safety and fire regulations , but what made the movies even more into a public issue was that they became a mass activity precisely at the moment when political parties and social agencies were more concerned than ever before with how the masses could be accommodated within cities . |
| 10 | But religion had long been losing its power to shape and control behaviour and external forces had long sapped the traditional theocentric views of Europeans , even if it was only in 1882 that Nietzsche pronounced the notorious words : ‘ God is dead ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But me an' yer muvver always used ter be goin' out when we were younger , even if it was only up the Kings Arms on Saturday nights . |
| 12 | Dealers at this firm suffered the indignity of getting illegally fined for coming in late in the mornings , even if it was only five minutes after the starting time of 8.30 a. m … |
| 13 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 14 | At least she would have that much more experience , even if it was only Finn who kissed her . |
| 15 | Even if it was only a car driver 's license . |
| 16 | If he wanted her , even if it was only to satiate a temporary need , even if she was only a substitute for the woman he really wanted , then she would oblige , because he had reduced her will-power to nothing . |
| 17 | Any conversation , even if it was only about food , was better than this stalemate . |
| 18 | Wherever she went his eyes followed her and she wished he would speak even if it was only a harsh word . |
| 19 | All these months of coming to terms with Mark 's death , of setting her own life back on its tracks , even if it was only in a superficial way , and somehow , just when Robyn had thought she had it all under control , had regained her equilibrium , this arrogant man had appeared and set her world in turmoil with his derision and scorn . |
| 20 | But to be late again , even if it was only by an hour or so , was just the start she did n't want . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ she whispered , stroking a finger delicately along his jaw , needing somehow to touch him even if it was only now so innocently . |
| 22 | That I could understand , yeah something that was sort of that shape , even if it was only just at an angle , but it , I would of said that was much to big for it . |
| 23 | Even though it was only ten o'clock . |
| 24 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 25 | The fan sounded so convincing that , even though it was only 18 months ago , I reached for my record books to confirm the facts . |
| 26 | His progress was predictably rapid , and after eighteen months he made the move to television , even though it was only as an assistant on Pets and Vets , an animal welfare show . |
| 27 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 28 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 29 | She knew he wanted her , and even though it was only for her body Kath was so desperate for his attention that she was ready to settle even for that . |