Example sentences of "even the [noun pl] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervous though we were , it did turn out to be reasonably straightforward — but this was after all the beginners ' course and the ingredients had been prepared ; even the chives had been chopped . |
| 2 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |
| 3 | Even the manuals have been taken away by those who have found jobs in Iran and elsewhere . |
| 4 | Even the mechanics had been full of praise . |
| 5 | His pace quickened as the accents changed ; City gents in long black coats and bowlers gave way to professional men in dark suits and trilbies , to be taken over by rough lads in ill-fitting clothes and caps , until Charlie finally arrived in the East End , where even the boaters had been abandoned by those under thirty . |
| 6 | Even the books had been left behind . |
| 7 | Rooms 34 , 36 and 41 have clearly been looted or pillaged , since even the covers have been torn from the beds and the rooms have been trashed . |
| 8 | Even the lawns had been restored , like emerald carpets unrolled before his eyes ; sunblasted trees which might have been thought dead had miraculously clothed themselves with leaves . |