Example sentences of "even [subord] i [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , I 'd do it even if I had a job . |
| 2 | " Even if I had a book coming out this year , which I have n't . |
| 3 | You would n't leave here even if I gave a direct order . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I use a condom even if I have a long-term relationship , ’ she has said . |
| 5 | Omar was a devout Muslim and like the best Somalis was proud and fearless , though he proved to be remarkably tactful and forbearing whenever I was impatient or angry , and always upheld my authority even when I made a mistake . |
| 6 | Not even when I got a new baby was it . |
| 7 | Even though I put a lot of work into the gigs , I was not foolish enough to believe they were important when we were playing to 40 people in London . |
| 8 | The second sense mentioned by Cotte is " permission given " , and can be illustrated by a sentence such as : ( 215 ) The doctor let me donate blood for my father even though I had a mild case of the flu . |
| 9 | I 'm gon na do the eyes when it 's finished because the white went all splodgy cos I could n't get the brush in even though I had a tiny brush . |
| 10 | ‘ Fastest in the business , even though I got a handicap now . ’ |
| 11 | My friends have other sports but I like the boxing even though I get a bit of stick of my friends about being hard . ’ |
| 12 | Even though I have a four-arm tension mast , this does n't help when the yarn tangles up and wo n't go through . |
| 13 | With this came the decision to specialise in watercolour , even though I have a natural tendency towards the oil painter 's way of thinking . |
| 14 | Even though I have a degree in Bio-chemistry I still could n't get a place at medical school in Britain . |