Example sentences of "[not/n't] even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know back in the 1930s Bradford City had a full back called McLuggage , but surely not even Reg believes that somewhere out there is a left back called Halfpound O'Liver . |
| 2 | Surely no one , not even Mrs McBride , was going to suspect him . |
| 3 | You are not even Mrs Fraser . |
| 4 | I do n't even like having them on the island , not even Mrs Clamp , who comes every week on a Saturday to clean the house and deliver our supplies . |
| 5 | Not even Mrs ? |
| 6 | Nobody knew where it was , not even Lord 's . |
| 7 | She would not jump for any of the others , not even Nutty . |
| 8 | Not even Europe 's governing body knows exactly what happened in a Russian League game involving Dinamo Moscow that earned him such a heavy punishment . |
| 9 | Not even Paul Lane knew of its existence , although he was clever enough to have guessed it might be there . |
| 10 | ‘ Where Do You Go To My Lovely ? ’ is , in its original by Peter Sarstedt , one of my least favourite songs ever , and not even Welfare Heroine 's best efforts can redeem it . |
| 11 | ‘ Not even Arianna ? ’ |
| 12 | It 's not even December . |
| 13 | None of them , not even Jez , would be worrying about her . |
| 14 | Nowhere on the Thames was far from civilisation , not even Sam 's boatyard . |
| 15 | No one had ever told her this before — not even Sam Baldwin , who wanted to marry her . |
| 16 | In moments of despair you hit hope on the head with a hammer , but she goes on breathing in dark , safe spaces , echoes and cobwebs/tatters of past desire , spent and perfect , swim through time towards you , reminding you of what was but is no more/splinters in the flesh/tiny mouths open and close and never get fed — not even scraps — nothing at all . |
| 17 | Only Grace could pass , not Maurice , not even Dreadnought , a sight never to be forgotten . |
| 18 | None of her books was reprinted in her lifetime , not even Granny 's Wonderful Chair ( 1857 ) , a collection of seven fairy tales within a frame story , owing something to Grimm . |
| 19 | Today , no one paid any attention to Nebbins , not even Tommy ! |
| 20 | A voice said , ‘ And it 's not even lunchtime . ’ |
| 21 | To be frank , Concert Series looks like a good marketing ploy rather than a serious answer to the font numbering problem because not even Suitcase can handle all the fonts simultaneously . |
| 22 | No one is present when those despatches are sealed , not even Doctor Agrippa . ’ |
| 23 | Not even Iberia , Spain 's national airline , flies there from England . |
| 24 | Suppose there is not even consensus that the Constitution is fundamental law . |
| 25 | No one — not even Buckingham Palace — seemed entirely sure . |
| 26 | No-one knows how to open champagne nowadays , not even waiters . |
| 27 | Not even Jane 's tender digestion would keep her from tonight 's dancing , and nor did she have any real fear of meeting her husband , for Jane well knew Sharpe 's reluctance to dance or to dress up in a frippery uniform , but the possibility of his presence was an alarming thought that she could not resist exploring . |
| 28 | Guilty secrets begin to pile up that may be disclosed to no one else at all , not even friends or family . |
| 29 | When news came of Robin 's death , it was at a weekend ; she shut herself away , and saw no one , not even Nathan Holland who had come to console her . |
| 30 | There will be no representative of any foreign communist party at the event , not even Moscow 's man , because they have not been invited . |