Example sentences of "even [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went out , I had n't even I 'd said hello to him , that was it . |
| 2 | Yeah , one look at him and even I had to say to myself the ladies , the poor ladies . |
| 3 | Even I had come to realise we were n't as compatible as I 'd thought we were . |
| 4 | Since your skin is clearly thicker than even I had supposed , I am writing to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us . |
| 5 | I dare say even I 've done one or two rash things in my dim and distant youth . ’ |
| 6 | I said I , even I 've got up and got children up and off to school . |
| 7 | As you might have guessed I 'm a very biased Aston Villa supporter ( muffled titters ) , but even I have to admit this is a really mega prize . |
| 8 | Mind , ’ she added fairly , ‘ I suppose he has some justification ; even I have to admit that he 's the most devastating-looking man this side of the Boyne , and women do tend to try and — er — interest him . ’ |
| 9 | Not even I have got a copy of ‘ Pewter Suitor ’ . ’ |
| 10 | I know I 'm no saint but not even I have sunk to quite such depths of villainy — even if you find that hard to believe ! ’ |
| 11 | Even I have taken kids on the canals , it 's great ! |
| 12 | Beth , however , was determined that she should enjoy a more stable position , with a regular wage ; though even she had to agree that it was merely a pittance . |
| 13 | His aunt had lived as privately as any woman he knew , but even she had visited and tried to help the Blaneys . |
| 14 | And even she had to admit that what she 'd seen the Prince show the old woman had seemed to be genuine respect and affection — |
| 15 | Perhaps even she has begun to have second thoughts about the ballooning barminess of these proceedings … |
| 16 | When he first met the Yorks at a dinner party in London two years ago , not even we had heard of him . |
| 17 | Well , it was more disappointing than even we had expected . |
| 18 | It was not so bad for a privileged minority , though even they had to do without modem medicine , and childbirth was highly risky for women . |
| 19 | The " confident " party were all the more delighted because even they had come to entertain one or two small doubts . |
| 20 | Laugh , oh they laugh , oh they are funny , they even they have to explain it and we did n't . |
| 21 | Mr Brown 's supporters reel off a list of bills that the Speaker has influenced ; but even they have to admit that many of his greatest victories have been stopping ‘ evil ’ Republican laws rather than creating good Democratic ones . |
| 22 | They badly need to re-establish some credibility , after Warrington , and even they have found it hard to say ‘ no ’ to such a public appeal , from such an unique individual . |
| 23 | Mike , her stepfather , had been his usual amiable self , but even he had treated Ryan almost warily . |
| 24 | On one occasion , when a breeze from an open window ruffled his papers , Mr S — made a menacing lunge across the desk , and shouted , his eyes blazing , ‘ Did YOU … ! ? ’ ; and then he stopped , as if even he had seen the absurdity of his conduct . |
| 25 | Had n't she been lost to him before even he had seen her . |
| 26 | In plan after plan and page after page , Doctor Morris amended the estimates even he had given in articles previously published , and disputed various claims made for Aurae Phiala by other authorities . |
| 27 | Grunte could not be described as being a sensitive man , but even he had become aware of a general climate of disapproval . |
| 28 | But even he had to bow to reality when Czechoslovakia 's two largest parties failed to agree on retaining a common state . |
| 29 | This man 's joy at his team 's win greatly tempered his reaction at being jabbed in the chest by a vigorous old Irish American , but even he had to retaliate when Uncle Mick pulled his cap down over his eyes and shoved him back in his seat . |
| 30 | ‘ Luftwaffe pilot , but even he had to do it from Canada into the States before they were in the war . ’ |