Example sentences of "even [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Cecily the courtesan had even intimated that he used an ointment which was most effective in curing certain sores on the most delicate parts of the body .
2 I do n't even know whether she used the flat , or whether she changed her mind and did n't go for one reason or another . ’
3 It 's just that sometimes — well , I do n't even know if we have a relationship , and I do n't want him thinking he can take me for granted . ’
4 I do n't even know if you have a mother or father , or whether they made you up in a test tube .
5 I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava .
6 She had n't even noticed when they reached the village .
7 He did n't even speak as he opened the passenger door for her , but when they were both seated inside , he did n't start the engine , simply sat there instead , gazing out over the slightly sloping and now largely empty car park .
8 Do n't even smoke but she likes the cigarette bit !
9 His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby .
10 ‘ The majority of local authorities wo n't even publicise that they have a duty to provide because they were frightened it would result in a huge increase in demand they would be unable to cope with ’ , she said .
11 We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time .
12 But television was so arrogant that none of them even knew that I had a previous reputation .
13 The guard never even knew that he opened the door and locked himself in once the Doctor had gone .
14 They even demanded that I take a Wassermann test in order to be sure that I was n't suffering from syphilis .
15 I am not even asked if I want a line .
16 To read how my own ancestors lived in the time of the Tudors and the Stuarts and to even learn that they occupied the 10th pew adjoining the South Wall in the Myddle Church has been the inspiration to write down some reminiscences of my own childhood and of the stories related to me , in the hope that they will be of interest , not only to the present generation , but maybe , also to that 500 years hence !
17 At the , at the last search , at the last highway committee , although were not having , having , having the , the full service at the envisage in the first instance , a lot is going to be done , is going to be some more erm shelters directed there and one or two other facilities and somebody has even suggested that we put a toilet there which is a very good idea . .
18 Professor Christie has even suggested that they played a sufficiently significant part in the lives of " multitudes of craftsmen and artisans " to take the edge off the development of revolutionary consciousness .
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