Example sentences of "even [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE QUESTION of just who would even want to be a partner with the US was underlined last night as the American Administration headed for default for the first time in its history . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't even want to be , ’ Jessamy threw back at her , just a little too fiercely . |
| 4 | And besides , she thought irritably , did she even want to be on speaking terms with him after the way he had treated her ? |
| 5 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |
| 6 | Matthews feels that X-rays could do the job more cheaply and safely — the shells would not even need to be opened up . |
| 7 | ‘ Imobolin does n't even need to be injected , ’ Nick went on . |
| 8 | Haulage contracts do not even need to be in writing . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems almost cool to play 200 gigs a year and get in the Top Ten , when that 's all it is , you do n't even need to be that good ! |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know . |
| 11 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 12 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 13 | The machine does n't even need to be switched off ; it monitors the card slot and adjusts to the new card automatically . |
| 14 | They did n't even need to be shown how high you could climb , how bravely you could wrestle . |
| 15 | Strange the certainty of bad news so that we do n't even need to be told . |
| 16 | We do not even need to be able to measure the somewhat esoteric concept of surplus , since it is always a one-way reduction . |
| 17 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 18 | At first glimpse it may not even appear to be armoured , but if the animal is taken into a predator 's mouth its fur is sufficiently spiky to cause acute discomfort and it is quickly dropped . |
| 19 | Even if there was personal participation by all the citizens in the making of decisions and policies , the only situation in which it would even appear to be clear what was the will of the people would be a unanimous decision . |
| 20 | This may not be immediately obvious , and in some cases in may even appear to be contrary to what one would normally regard as " common sense " . |
| 21 | I 'll never even dare to be successful , because when I 'm dead some clod with a thesis to write will put me down as a wild-eyed harridan who jumped on her lover in the street and pulled all his hair out because he 'd gone off with a person with webbed feet . |
| 22 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 23 | Herod , who reigned over Palestine at the time , could not even claim to be a Jew by birth . |
| 24 | The qualifying condition , however , in this particular instance , was that Mrs Beattie and Mrs Friar could hardly be classed as neighbours and even the most cock-eyed optimist would never even hope that they might even begin to be pleasant to each other . |
| 25 | There are basically four elements required before a system can even begin to be considered as a desktop publishing tool . |
| 26 | There 's no one else who would even begin to be plausible . ’ |
| 27 | One might even have to be careful about possible re-use of materials which would produce a radiocarbon result older than the true age of manufacture of the artefact . |
| 28 | You do n't even have to be super-fit , as apart from one optional part of the route , the area is very flat ! |
| 29 | They do not even have to be rocks deposited under fresh water conditions , because wood and seeds are perfectly capable of drifting long distances before becoming waterlogged enough to sink to the bottom of the sea . |
| 30 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |