Example sentences of "even [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You still looked nine thirty and then could you make even or did you have to wait around ? |
| 2 | But even that failed to disturb Ferguson 's philosophy . |
| 3 | The only sound in the night was the soft rustling of the trees in the night wind , but to their nervously attuned hearing even that carried a note of underlying menace , especially with the thought of the prowling killer pack uppermost in their minds . |
| 4 | No , even that fell short of truth ; there are degrees that can not be accurately plotted . |
| 5 | Even that surprised me until I found out afterwards that George had known about it all along ; I suppose they did n't want to risk him bringing it up first . |
| 6 | But even that had not been discussed in detail at home . |
| 7 | Mungo crouched and ran his hands through the grass wondering about the bird 's skull , but even that had been removed . |
| 8 | His relationship with Don Roberto had been strictly business and even that had been in abeyance since Trent 's posting to Ireland . |
| 9 | But the gloom did n't lift , so she tried to make a triumph of running away , but even that had lost its glory . |
| 10 | Yes , even that had prepared her . |
| 11 | He only classed it as a nightmare because of the head , and even that had more farce to it than terror . |
| 12 | Only the graffiti was of the present , but even that had its roots in ancient hatreds . |
| 13 | He had mixed laudanum with his wine , but even that had not helped . |
| 14 | Even that had not touched her . |
| 15 | She heard the noise of the start but not even that had the power to disturb her thoughts , which were totally turned inwards on to herself . |
| 16 | She had the echo of his morning telephone call in her memory , and even that seemed faint and distant . |
| 17 | Somehow even that seemed suddenly consistent . |
| 18 | And even that seemed a but thinking of the old tramp and he was in a a sort of all belaggered looking way . |
| 19 | In the 1950s and 1960s presidents were accorded , in American terms , great leeway in foreign policy , but even that came nowhere near the extraordinary freedom to manoeuvre enjoyed by British prime ministers in such matters . |
| 20 | It has missed only one edition since the civil war started and even that came out a day late . |
| 21 | Behind the old lady in the hall stood the little brass dinner gong , but even that looked much smaller than in memory . |
| 22 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 23 | I did show in the Serpentine Gallery in 1975 but even that presented a problem of prudery which I did n't experience on the continent . |
| 24 | Somehow he knew that she felt in need of comfort that weekend — even that provided by the man she had most cause to hate . |
| 25 | Even that proved not enough to save her ; less than a year after her father 's passing , she finally succumbed to the illness which had beset her for so long , and was laid to rest at St John 's . |
| 26 | But even that proved to be hard . |
| 27 | Even that turned out to be no simple task . |
| 28 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 29 | Some people can ‘ feel ’ the presence nearby of massive objects ; even if blindfolded they would run little risk of walking into a wall . |
| 30 | He seemed alright at the moment , though , and his stroking was even and relaxed . |