Example sentences of "[adv] even [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out in the open the bird can fly enormous distances , so even if you spotted one , the chances are it would have flown miles away before you could get your camera ready to shoot . |
| 2 | ‘ Better even than you promised me . |
| 3 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
| 4 | It now bore a long yellow blister , fag shaped and red round the edges , but there was still no pain , not even when I pressed it . |
| 5 | Not even if we squashed it into the cassette case . |
| 6 | Although few would accept a Trabant now even if you paid them , the spluttering papier-maché two-stroke still strikes an affectionate chord . |
| 7 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 8 | Yet even as she spoke she knew that her grandmother would not fall asleep , not tonight she would n't . |
| 9 | Yet even if she suspected it , Paige could n't be sure . |