Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caroline says midwives do n't like to be bossy , and resist ‘ ordering ’ a woman to rest even if they feel she should . |
| 2 | It is however not at all obvious that the results yield the conclusion that Griffin draws , nor is it clear that even if they did we would have evidence for saying more than that the creatures recognise their own bodies . |
| 3 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 4 | Because even if somebody said I would like that training if it 's not available you ca n't just turn around and say well tough it 's not available you ca n't |
| 5 | I need to see this action as one step — even if we lose it will perhaps serve to show the nation how far it has fallen , that it no longer is concerned that such things happen in its midst . |
| 6 | Even if we did you 'd still keep it . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , his energy of observation remained constant and again inclined towards the economics of the area : he contemplated one piece of land , a ‘ watery flat ’ , that seemed to have natural drainage possibilities — ‘ it had a visible declivity ’ ; although he allowed that even if he felt it could be reclaimed without ‘ difficulty or expense ’ , these were relative terms . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ Even if you calculate there may just be two people to an apartment that is a lot of people who may be killed . |
| 9 | ( Do n't go any further today , even if you feel you can . |
| 10 | At least let me know of your address , even if you feel you can not tell the Ambassador , your uncle , or his wife where you are . |
| 11 | And even if you did you could n't get . |
| 12 | I can always give you a routine check-up , but obviously , if you get any twinges , even if you think it might just be wind , give us a call . |
| 13 | Well even if you do you 'd clear out the stuff |
| 14 | However , I have n't got a copy to hand and even if I had I ca n't be arsed looking through it . |
| 15 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 16 | Even if I looked I would n't know got ta be fairly small pictures have n't they ? |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know , and even if I did I would n't tell you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're talking about , but even if I did I would n't tell you anything . ’ |
| 19 | Even if I think I can present it , should I do so ? |
| 20 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am not sure if this will reach you and I know that even if it does you will not reply . |
| 21 | Quite often it has n't and even if it has it may be helpful to call the recipient with information on delivery and timing . |
| 22 | Some expressed the fear that she would be humiliated if she carried on , or that even if she won she would be leading a demoralised party . |
| 23 | And even if she did she 'd hardly be likely to tell me — it would have been gossip . |
| 24 | And even if she did she 'd never get her hands dirty helping in a kitchen ! ’ |
| 25 | She do n't ask me if I want to go with her , but even if she did I would n't go . |
| 26 | But even as he prayed he could hear the voice of William 's grandad berating him from under the lid of the closed coffin . |
| 27 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 28 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 29 | Even as I write I can hear Imran Khan sighing all the way from Lahore . |
| 30 | And in fact we said that we would be able to start it on the , at the beginning of May , even though we knew we would n't , we thought we 'd say that |