Example sentences of "but even [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was all overdone , like the decorations in the ward , but even while I was having a superior little mental scoff , they were making me feel obscurely uneasy and near to tears . |
| 2 | But even while she joked with him , she remembered those other nurses who had worked with him . |
| 3 | But even while he was saying it , it did not sound true . |
| 4 | Perhaps it will come as no surprise to my readers to hear not only that all knowledge of selling me a coffin was denied but even that they were now , or ever had been , coffin-manufacturers . |
| 5 | She felt dreadfully guilty letting them down about the Rome and Athens trip , but even that they smoothed over , told her not to worry . |
| 6 | But even that we 're we have special arrangements for . |
| 7 | I mean like with Kevin and Bill , we negotiated but even that we would n't talk about their professional work as a careers officer |
| 8 | The garden 's sole glory was a laburnum , which blossomed wonderfully each year : but even that she associated more with its dry black fatal pods than with its flowers , so often and so rigorously had she been warned of its poison . |
| 9 | Yeah but even that it 's it 's ridiculously low . |
| 10 | I tried to be sick in the toilet , but even that I failed to do . |
| 11 | It was certainly frustrating at times , but even before we were able to watch the chimps , we could learn a great deal from listening to their noisy nut-cracking , often audible up to a kilometre away , and deduce much about their elaborate use of tools . |
| 12 | But even before they had Charlotte knew what they would find . |
| 13 | But even before it came to public notice earlier this year , poor Mr Engholm was having to struggle to impose himself on a fractious party . |
| 14 | But even before she started to interview torturers , she ‘ had stopped expecting a monster ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Blake , ’ she called , ‘ I 'm sure you 're needed elsewhere — ’ but even before she could finish speaking another glass crashed off a table , and Charity , still doing battle with her skirt , went to pick up the fragments . |
| 16 | But even before he became leader he was already promoting a new approach to social problems of the day . |
| 17 | The butler had opened the door to announce them , but even before he had finished , Artemis 's father cut him short . |
| 18 | I said it was about the photographs , but even before I 'd finished talking , he gave me this message from Marius to … you know … to get lost . ’ |
| 19 | But even though they guaranteed to provide every customer who had allowed three quarters of an hour er for a meal , you know , you would have to lay down in very great deal would n't you ? |
| 20 | Learning ‘ on the job ’ is the way that most people acquire their skills with desktop publishing but even though they are producing relevant material they often miss out on a lot of the essential background . |
| 21 | But even though they made the ideal start yesterday , taking a third minute lead through David McAnulty , they had no answer to Holywood 's class . |
| 22 | ‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’ |
| 23 | These men did not describe themselves as Zuwayi hurr , but even though their activities were largely circumscribed by their police work , they maintained some activities which were typical of a free Zuwaya . |
| 24 | But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level . |
| 25 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 26 | But even though she is an easy size 10 , choosing clothes is definitely not one of Christine 's favourite occupations : ‘ I hate shopping and all that hanging around . |
| 27 | Funny , but even though she knew Delaney , Lawton and Forster were engaging Mahon — she could hear gun fire — the empty shadowy corridors of the place gave her the creeps . |
| 28 | But even though she is dying to leave , she has to stick with it because there is no alternative . ’ |
| 29 | It 's a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection , but even though she was born in captivity she 'll always be a wild creature with the instincts of a killer . ’ |
| 30 | Jacob was still not the daughter she had set her heart on , but even though he was a male child he was , at least , physically recognisable as her offspring , and as he grew up he displayed artistic tendencies of a kind which she was sure could have flowered in her had she been given the chance . |