Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert O'Mahoney 's King , a ‘ dynamotologist ’ — ‘ self-realisation , you know ? ’ — is the picture of a man floundering around in the deep end of life , who has forgotten not only how to swim , but even where he left his life jacket . |
| 2 | My main point is , though , not simply that the Webbs ' own general prospectus was wrong , nor even that it misdirected their appraisal of Owen . |
| 3 | The chantry certificates of 1545 , even if one accepts their record of communicants in the parishes as accurate , do not cover the whole country , and again there is uncertainty as to the proportion of the population below communicant age . |
| 4 | Then , even if they lose their foliage in summer , they will surge into growth again in October , as mine did last year . |
| 5 | Horses nearly always hesitate when they are led into a dark stable at night , even if they know their dinner is ready and waiting for them there . |
| 6 | But Dexter countered : ‘ Even if they get their vote , they are only one vote in 20 on the TCCB . ’ |
| 7 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 8 | Parents that lack such feelings , and there are many , even if they do their duty ‘ for duty 's sake ’ are nonetheless thought to be morally deficient . |
| 9 | This belief , expressed in the legal doctrine of novus actus interruptus , is that a person is responsible for his own actions , and others are not responsible even if they induced his action by suggesting that there are reasons for it , or by behaving in ways which led him to form such a belief . |
| 10 | The Caribbean — even if we restrict our focus of interest to the formerly British parts — is not linguistically homogeneous . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) Even if we restrict our attention to those trajectories in our strange invariant set , we can see that almost all pairs of trajectories started at points close together on the top face of the box B will not remain close together as we follow them around . |
| 12 | Many of us find that even if we bin our junk mail , it continues to arrive . |
| 13 | They will probably correctly object that this theory of mine seems to get things round the wrong way , and that even if we grant my argument that growth in the power of the state detracts from that of the individual 's superego , there is every reason to suppose that in most cases the total power came first , and the deterioration in personality , however we like to describe it , later . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Worse , even if he accepted her warning , what if he refused to take her with him , thinking what he did of her ? |
| 16 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 17 | ‘ Lordship ’ had the belligerence of Bertie 's Aunt Agatha , even if he retained her nephew 's lisp . |
| 18 | Do n't give them sole selling rights , because you will have to pay them commission even if you sell your property privately . |
| 19 | I 've always accepted that you 're in love with him , even if you conduct your relationship in a way most people would find inexplicable . ’ |
| 20 | One by one he filled each chamber with powder and then , without wadding or patch , placed a soft lead ball on its mouth and pulled the long lever beneath the barrel ; this lever moved the rammer which forced the lead down into the chamber and sealed it so completely , the Collector had been assured , that the powder would still fire even if you immersed your arm completely in water . |
| 21 | Even if you open your account with just a few pounds , you can immediately begin to enjoy the benefits of a good rate of interest . |
| 22 | Appropriately , an extract of Italian horse racing commentary follows before the Satanic finale of ‘ Noh Jam ’ which does n't seem to make much sense even if you rotate your turntable backwards . |
| 23 | Appropriately , an extract of Italian horse racing commentary follows before the Satanic finale of ‘ Noh Jam ’ which does n't seem to make much sense even if you rotate your turntable backwards . |
| 24 | Even if I break your cage , I ca n't reach you , beautiful creature ! |
| 25 | I did like Esmerelda ( even if I thought her name was a bit soppy ) and played with her a lot when she came to stay . |
| 26 | Below me was Yet and , even if I bluffed my way past him , the monster lurked outside . |
| 27 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
| 28 | Even if it wastes your time . |
| 29 | Her old tutor is horrified , but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life . |
| 30 | Well , no point in denying it , she took after her mother 's side of the family for looks even if she had her dad 's brains , and Mrs. Pridmore had no intention of exposing her to the temptations of London . |