Example sentences of "[noun sg] even [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | entire market price even though it cost us the business at this point in time . |
| 4 | The no evidence doctrine was commonly taken to mean that a decision will not be regarded as outside of the jurisdiction of the decision-maker even if he reached his decision on no evidence . |
| 5 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 6 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
| 7 | She pressed her cool palm against his open mouth , hushing his enquiry even as she answered it . |
| 8 | One boy said he could not help using Creole even though he thought it might be bad for him : MS Do you agree with your mother that speaking Patois can hold you back ? |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't admit a mistake even if I made one , ’ Davis said . |
| 10 | They got hung-up about status even though you explained it to them . |
| 11 | Walter had me into his panelled wankpit of an office , classified my request to change the name on my cheques from N.O. Russell to Oliver Russell as not central to the Bank 's policy for the 1980s , and reminded me that unless funds were forthcoming to camouflage my black hole of an overdraft I would n't be getting a new cheque-book even if I called myself Santa Claus . |
| 12 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |