Example sentences of "even [conj] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 2 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 3 | He is too weak to bear the force of that … even if I felt it , and I am not a cruel woman . |
| 4 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 5 | However , I have n't got a copy to hand and even if I had I ca n't be arsed looking through it . |
| 6 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 7 | Even if I looked I would n't know got ta be fairly small pictures have n't they ? |
| 8 | Well I thought was a very decent man , even if I killed him . |
| 9 | I also kept my contacts and my work going during the golf season , even if I did it mostly by telephone . |
| 10 | " But even if I did it , " said Clara , " I would be stealing the state 's money , would n't I ? |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know , and even if I did I would n't tell you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're talking about , but even if I did I would n't tell you anything . ’ |
| 13 | Even if I tried it on I thought she would stop me . |
| 14 | Even before I met him I 'd admired a North Shore picture of his which showed the Kam Highway as it meandered out of the hills and down into Haleiwa , flanked by pineapple plantations and clumps of trees , and in the distance the Pacific , rippling with big waves . |
| 15 | I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’ |
| 16 | But even as I heard it , I knew it was not a revolver . |
| 17 | It was meant to be a jocular observation but even as I said it I knew that I had transgressed some important Gyggle taboo . |
| 18 | But even as I made it I knew my accusation was ridiculous . |
| 19 | Even as I watched him , his neck went rigid . |
| 20 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 21 | Then , even as I talked I began to see , for almost the first time , some of the negative factors that I had suppressed or disregarded . |
| 22 | And even as I did I was astounded at myself . |
| 23 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 24 | I mean even when I smoked I did . |
| 25 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
| 26 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 27 | It now bore a long yellow blister , fag shaped and red round the edges , but there was still no pain , not even when I pressed it . |
| 28 | And even when I learned you were a prying journalist — and when I 've always preferred my walks to be solitary — what do I find but that I 'm asking if you would like to walk with me ! ’ |
| 29 | Even when I typed it . |
| 30 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |