Example sentences of "even when [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regrettably , this illogical and antediluvian attitude still persists even when we are dealing with nations substantially richer than ourselves . |
| 2 | I make this declaration because one of my aims in this discussion is to show that we do not need to share other people 's beliefs in order to understand them sympathetically : we can see the sense in beliefs even when we are convinced they are based upon false premisses . |
| 3 | Even when we are balancing one consideration against another in a quite particular case , to decide which of two conflicting prima facie obligations is the more stringent , we are trying to reach such an intuition , but the wealth of detail which determines the relative degrees of stringency in this case will make it inexpressible in a formula mechanically applicable to other cases . |
| 4 | Even when we are in fact focussing on spoken language , we seem to approach it with a theoretical apparatus which is more apt for the analysis of written language ’ ( 1982 , p . |
| 5 | Women work slightly fewer hours than men on average , even when we are only comparing fulltime workers , so we should expect that women would earn less than men . |
| 6 | ‘ And will continue being friends , even when we are apart , ’ said Estella . |
| 7 | And even when we are not speaking or being spoken to , messages from other ‘ languages ’ crowd in upon us : horns toot , lights flash , laws restrain , hoardings proclaim , smells attract or repel , tastes delight or disgust , even the ‘ feel ’ of objects systematically communicates something meaningful to us . |
| 8 | Now , in most of our utterances , the word acrobatic is obviously unlikely to appear at all ; and this holds good even when we are talking of some fine physical performance , on the one hand , or of acrobats and their activities , on the other . |
| 9 | One of the most elementary and important lessons to be learned from model theory is that , even when we are tightly constrained by external correlations , it is still generally possible to construct a variety of models for a given set of data ( cf. the extremely useful comments on model construction and evaluation in connexion with language in Sternberg , 1963 ) . |
| 10 | Likewise the subject in the second example is the lady in the fur hat , and it remains that even when we are told that she is first in some set other than that of ladies in fur hats . |
| 11 | * I* * have not seen enough of Best … and even when we are shown clips of Best at his best … |
| 12 | Even when we 're talking about the person who has right of way on a roundabout . |
| 13 | And this is sometimes where we slip up because fire is still prevailing with us even when we 're in home . |
| 14 | Yes , that 's it some odd nights we was on our way home from work , it 's going up to the even when we 're on earlies and and weekends we can go there ca n't we ? |
| 15 | certainly do n't think where we going is suitable for a puddy tat , hours and hours on end and not being allowed to go outside and even when we 're there , I say , we ca n't be running up and down them bloody staircases letting cats out , I could n't , I could n't bear the thought of it never going out . |
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| 17 | When we first started with him , even when we were rehearsing properly with him , all we could think of was that he could n't sing . |
| 18 | ‘ Even when we were at the top , I got critical letters about things such as team selection and tactics . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Even when we were rivals , we could attack each other 's proprietors in print , but it did n't hurt our relationship , it was a bit of fun . |
| 20 | Even when we were at home , neighbours and friends from all parts of the country came to look at me , and my master made me work hard to amuse them . |
| 21 | ‘ Charlotte 's fearfully clever about that sort of thing , always was , even when we were all kids . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Not even when we were lying so close that every inch of our skin touched from head to toe ? ’ he challenged her softly . |
| 23 | Eddie always liked betting on things , even when we were children ! |
| 24 | ‘ Even when we were at school together , you used to lord it over the rest of us , and would never admit that you were capable of making any mistakes . |
| 25 | Sure , I do n't expect you to make love to me in the corridor , but even when we were alone you practically ignored me ! ’ |
| 26 | Even when we were not even looking like fouling them he was giving free kicks against us . |
| 27 | They 're born , they grow old , and they die like us ; and when they 're old , they can turn foolish , and even when they 're young , they can deceive you , and they 're actually capable of telling lies , pretending to be what they are n't : to be sick when they 're healthy , and healthy when they 're sick . ’ |
| 28 | Everyone seems in a real hurry , even when they 're looking through books . |
| 29 | But the adults seem to be able to seek out their favourite plants even when they 're kept in the greenhouse ( or in my bathroom ) . |
| 30 | The songs are sung in villages , on the mountains , at weddings , different rituals , harvesting , even when they 're working outside — whenever they feel like singing . |