Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little right of reply on radio and television and even where it exists it is not particularly likely to be heard by the audience of the original programme . |
| 2 | Practise writing even although you think you 're rotten at it . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that even if one ignores what is happening in the former USSR , there are other countries in the world that are potential aggressors and which either have nuclear capacity or may be near to acquiring it ? |
| 4 | Even if they say it 's out |
| 5 | Heathen savages are unlikely to belong to any church and even if they did there 's no blessing for a fool who takes his own life . ’ |
| 6 | Even if they think we 're mice . |
| 7 | They will strive and fight for an end , even if they think there is only a small chance of success . |
| 8 | ‘ Even if they think it 's a piece of trash ’ , said one dealer who begged not to be identified , ‘ they 'll all be too afraid to say it ’ . |
| 9 | Even if they think I 'm silly , I 'm not . |
| 10 | Even if we made somebody 's up . |
| 11 | But even if he knew he was speaking with his own voice , rachmaninov , the eternal doubter , was n't happy with his structural abilities : he authorised the excision of three of the variations and the coda . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's not God , even if he thinks he is . ’ |
| 13 | He is n't the director here , even if he thinks he is . |
| 14 | But pathos exists even if you know you 're finished at death in your lifetime , pathos still exists . |
| 15 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |
| 16 | If you are just starting with video , or even if you think you 're very familiar with it , try running through some of these familiarisation routines : |
| 17 | Even if you think you 're only h leaving it for only a minute . |
| 18 | And even if you think you are in a rock-solid job , it could still happen to you . |
| 19 | I ca n't change my way of thinking , though , and I want to go home , even if you think it 's childish . ’ |
| 20 | Even if you decide there 's no future for you together , you owe it to your children to give this marriage your very best shot . |
| 21 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 22 | It did not occur to him to look for a seat outside Worcestershire , and even if it had there was little reason why he should have secured one . |
| 23 | There is controversy over whether this sort of fusion occurs under pressure inside the Earth , or inside the heavier Jupiter , but even if it does it is at levels that are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 24 | Even if it means they 're only inches ahead in the three mile crawl along the rest of the road at least they 're in FRONT . |
| 25 | For his part , Mr Major , who feels the isolation from people that is an inevitable consequence of his position , is pleased to have contact , even if it means he is the occasional target of thrown eggs . |
| 26 | Stick to the point , even if it means you 're acting like a bit of a broken record , get that person make sure they hear what you 're saying even if you have to repeat it over and over again . |
| 27 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 28 | I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’ |
| 29 | Even as we spoke he was thinking of nothing else . |
| 30 | Even as he did there was a knock on the door and he was on his feet again instantly . |