Example sentences of "even [conj] they know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent the technology people are to blame for being too optimistic but they realised that if they spelled out the true uncertainty ( even if they knew it ) there would have been no investment at all , In the end the project is abandoned or has become so expensive that it can never be profitable . |
| 2 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |
| 3 | Horses nearly always hesitate when they are led into a dark stable at night , even if they know their dinner is ready and waiting for them there . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if they know what you want to know , they wo n't tell you . |
| 5 | Similarly , whereas over half of the sample ( 57 per cent ) admitted to always or mostly continuing to drink even when they knew they were intoxicated , at the end of the course 60 per cent said this rarely or never occurred . |
| 6 | Even when they knew he was going through a bad patch they would continue to deliver dangerous back-passes to him . |
| 7 | People were drawn to him almost against their will , even when they knew his faults . |
| 8 | However , the overwhelming majority of those inhabitants of the subcontinent who adhered to Islam had no sense of identification with the dynasty ( even when they knew it existed ) and the fact that the dynasty was Muslim had little to do with its exercise of power . |
| 9 | Likely to neglect their feet — even when they know they have problems . |
| 10 | Many people have had experiences of déjà vu , when they have come across a place which they are able to describe in precise detail even though they know they have never been there before . |
| 11 | Reasoning powers can deteriorate : people may begin to think irrationally ( and do so even though they know they are doing so ) ; they may begin to get paranoid , feeling that others are slyly poking fun at them , excluding them from discussions , or being condescending or patronizing . |
| 12 | This story had been used extensively by the Americans to drum up support against Gadaffi in the tame sections of the Western media even though they knew it was untrue . |