Example sentences of "even if [pers pn] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 2 | Not that that 's unreasonable in itself but it never seems to have bothered her before since she says herself she did n't normally stay the night , even if they 'd been out late . ’ |
| 3 | Even if they 'd been sitting down to breakfast with a headless horseman . ’ |
| 4 | Even if they 'd been half full it would have been our only escape route . ’ |
| 5 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 6 | And he did not say that , even if they 'd wished to finish the play with his understudy , they could n't , because Alex Household had run out of the theatre immediately after the shooting . |
| 7 | It could have come from what happened with us , even if we 'd never seen each other again ! " |
| 8 | The frightening thing is , we 'd have got an hour 's highlights even if we 'd lost … |
| 9 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 10 | Even if he 'd been rushed straight to hospital , they might not have been able to save him . |
| 11 | Even if he 'd sent in a flock of prime cattle , they 'd have known , after this , after St Hilarion , not to touch it . |
| 12 | He could n't have got rid of them anyway , even if he 'd wanted to . |
| 13 | But I never heard Trevor embarrass anyone , even if he 'd had one or two . |
| 14 | I believe that when the French were here , a man could enlist with the forces and still claim paternity for children born during his absence , even if he 'd been away a couple of years . ’ |
| 15 | I wished I could have felt any sort of advance enthusiasm , but I could n't have cared less if John had spent the week transforming the room into the Crystal Palace , or even if he 'd been laying everything waste with a meat-axe . |
| 16 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 17 | Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden . |
| 18 | Even if he 'd already identified me as his deadly rival , at that point it did n't have much relevance . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think they 'd have been impressed even if he 'd told them |
| 20 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
| 21 | In one direction you will see the normal wave movement of the needles knitting , but in the other direction the needles hardly move at all , that is they SLIP ( and , even if you 'd had yarn threaded and stitches on the needles , they would n't have knitted on this row ) . |
| 22 | There was a Haydnish sonata , a gentle piano tracking up and back in patterns which you could half anticipate even if you 'd never heard the piece before . |
| 23 | To be a Jew was to be a member of a tribe , even if you 'd stopped dancing round the totem pole . |
| 24 | You allus had a laugh , even if you 'd been a-cryin' two minutes afore that . |
| 25 | Even if you 'd been arrest if I put my eyes and rest them on you . |
| 26 | I was never really happy about the explanation but I had no proof of my own misgivings about it and anyway I would n't have known where to start looking even if I 'd been convinced then that she was alive . ’ |
| 27 | I had n't known how to explain what had been happening even if I 'd dared to . |
| 28 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 29 | ‘ They would n't have taken 'im even if I 'd been willing to part with 'im , me being a widow . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |