Example sentences of "even when he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an age when most politicians affect a drearier-than-thou respectability , Brown , even when he ran the Foreign Office in the late 1960s , was an unabashed publicity-seeker . |
| 2 | Even when he laid his hand on him gently , he did not uncover his face . |
| 3 | As a schoolmaster , however , he was not very successful , even when he came to England in 1876 , but as an apprentice pastor , he achieved some success . |
| 4 | James Hunt was able to capitalize on his absence and even when he came back to racing , Niki was hampered in his driving by the healing of his scars , particularly about his eyes . |
| 5 | I just put down Ex-Soldier and never did change it , even when he came in a couple of minutes later with his canvas bag over his shoulder . |
| 6 | Wallace was great even when he took a knock early in the 2nd half ( Strandli should have been on sooner ) . |
| 7 | His heart hammered painfully , and he was so angry he could n't move , even when he heard the treasurer 's clerk returning , though he managed to close the book before eyes other than his own fell on the damning evidence of Sarah 's treachery . |
| 8 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 9 | In fairness to him , Con was kinder than that , even when he got me out of the secretaryship last year . |
| 10 | He had so much energy even when he got old , he had so much energy . |
| 11 | He did n't stop even when he reached the hole . |
| 12 | Of course it stunned her into silence and she never answered at all , not even when he reached out and collected most of her parcels , carrying them himself . |
| 13 | According to his biographer , Henry Bordeaux , even when he landed he remained in a trance ‘ as if electrified by the fluid still passing through his frame ’ Though through so many dogfights he seemed to bear a charmed life , this kind of nervous impulsiveness seemed bound to lead to disaster . |
| 14 | I protested , but only weakly ; I was hysterical , and , I suppose , rather excited too : even when he had me down on the floor , jammed in an uncomfortable position with my head stuck between the pedestal of the wash basin and a slimy floor cloth someone had left lying against the wall , I could still do nothing but laugh . |
| 15 | It did n't really hurt her : even when he had her part her legs to apply the flap to the tender inside of her thighs , she was in no real pain . |
| 16 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
| 17 | Even when he had clear sight of goal , England 's number two goalkeeper saved with his legs from his 44th minute close-range cracker . |
| 18 | He disturbed her even when he said nothing , because she knew she could n't read his mind . |
| 19 | Even when he raised his face open-eyed to the altar the silence still continued for a while . |
| 20 | What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away . |
| 21 | Even when he 'd roared full-blooded into a spiny bush in pursuit of a tennis ball , he 'd ignore our gasps and head back for more . |
| 22 | Even when he 'd just shaved , you could see how his beard would look if he grew it . |
| 23 | The only way Eric could telephone me was by using a military line via Bologna and Vienna , which took hours on end , and even when he 'd got through , our voices were often unintelligible . |
| 24 | So even when he 'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow . |
| 25 | Shuffled from one power group to another during the regencies of his childhood , he was not safe even when he became a fully fledged king . |
| 26 | But a kid who got out not through sport but through The Word , and who would n't forget this blessing , even when he became the Big Man . |
| 27 | Do you know , even when he became an ascetic and gave up the pomp of court , even when he fasted , the Blessed Thomas could not abstain from his cups of claret . ’ |
| 28 | But even when he managed a very convincing Frankie Howerd imitation — eyebrows raised , cheeks sucked in , mouth open in a little ‘ oh ’ of mock surprise , Mr Kinnock seemed not to notice . |
| 29 | In Troeltsch 's own case , it is very clear that even when he sought — as he also did — to function as a Christian theologian , and to work out a pattern of Christian doctrine , his approach was deeply coloured by the relativism of his wider approach to the study of religion . |
| 30 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |