Example sentences of "even [conj] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At any rate Picasso seems to have realized , even before he began it , that it was to be no ordinary painting . |
| 32 | I had reckoned that an accusation of fear would sting the Maggot , and even before he interrupted me he had banked the plane westwards . |
| 33 | She handed him the journal , knowing , even before he confirmed it , whose it was . |
| 34 | Even before he turned she knew who it was . |
| 35 | Until , under the mirror , after many a circle and feint , after many a playful retreat and renewed approach , Ivan at last cornered her , and even before he opened his mouth she felt the smell of fear from herself : her pores broke open , she stood there panting slightly , her hair rising on the back of her neck in terror , her heated skin covered in icy sweat : ‘ And when , ’ asked Ivan pleasantly , ‘ are you two going to make the announcement ? |
| 36 | Michael Ramsey took Eden 's letter into the chapel but knew what his answer would be even before he put it on the altar . |
| 37 | He was jitterbugging with the recoil , and the gun 's momentum kept his first sweep going for a couple of yards even after he realised he 'd missed me . |
| 38 | He had no time to call for help on his radio because , even as he saw him , the man rushed forward , the machete held high above his head . |
| 39 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 40 | Even as he asked it , Coffin thought it was a monstrous question to pose . |
| 41 | Even as he hacked his way free more tentacles looped around him and dragged him into the filth . |
| 42 | But even as he lifted it , reflexes that she 'd always prayed would be lightning-fast in a showdown proved their sterling worth , galvanising her into action . |
| 43 | Even as he thought it , he could n't help remembering that West End stars tended to be paid a bit more than he was getting with his humble understudy-plus-supplement deal . |
| 44 | That even as he gets them in his grip |
| 45 | Then he was clinging to them , even as he felt them tear loose from the rock . |
| 46 | But even as he prayed he could hear the voice of William 's grandad berating him from under the lid of the closed coffin . |
| 47 | Even as he denied it , he knew he wanted it . |
| 48 | For even as he recognised its horror he still retained the possibility that it might be available , as a way out . |
| 49 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 50 | Even as he sensed his incapacity to make such a choice , it was made for him . |
| 51 | Even as he said it he remembered . |
| 52 | ‘ Get back ! ’ he yelled to the others behind him , but even as he said it he understood . |
| 53 | ‘ I do n't see how … ’ he began , but even as he said it he changed his mind and nodded . |
| 54 | Even as he said it , he wished he had n't . |
| 55 | Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room . |
| 56 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 57 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |
| 58 | Even as he did there was a knock on the door and he was on his feet again instantly . |
| 59 | Even as he grouped them , he shook his head : what did he really know about these people ? |
| 60 | But there was also a sense in which he despised fame even as he obtained it , and when in this year he described Mark Twain as a man who wanted success or reputation and yet at the same time " resented their violation of his integrity " , there can be little doubt that once again he was expressing his own feelings through the agency of another 's . |