Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 2 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |
| 3 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 4 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 5 | She was going to hit him , even if they threw her in jail again . |
| 6 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 7 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 8 | Clearly they have no power to do so , even if somebody asks them to , somebody from outside for instance , erm , and , and also when they do get a fire certificate , is there a display for it ? |
| 9 | Not even if we squashed it into the cassette case . |
| 10 | But even if we restrict ourselves to the ideational or cognitive function of language ( see p 31ff ) it is necessary to distinguish three levels of organization in language . |
| 11 | Even if we confine ourselves to the more usual outlets for creative expression — in the arts and sciences — there is similar ambiguity . |
| 12 | Even if we confine ourselves to the difference of aim between reformist and revolutionary parties ( or of social movements , which can be classified in a similar way ) , the distinction can not always be made in an absolutely clear-cut fashion . |
| 13 | Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks . |
| 14 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 15 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |
| 16 | But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease . |
| 17 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 18 | ‘ Even if you keep her in another day or two , you 'll have to let her out sometime . |
| 19 | Even if you use it in the rough edit stage to see how the music fits the visuals , without the licences it is theoretically illegal . |
| 20 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
| 21 | Even if you fence it in you still have the additional traffic that would be regenerated in picking the children up and dropping them off . |
| 22 | Even if you decide none of the resorts , hotels or cities featured here is quite what you have in mind , we can still help . |
| 23 | ( Even if you see it in other people , you might well not see it in yourself . ) |
| 24 | Well I think even if you do n't do it as one christian or as one human being to another , even if you do it in the view of a general who sleeps with the enemy general 's picture over his bed and you 've got ta try and think into this man 's mind , remember he 's from West Belfast , he 's from the area that this man was killed in . |
| 25 | ‘ My Lords , I have already disclaimed the intention of discussing the scope of the rule in O'Reilly v. Mackman but , even if I treat it as a general rule , there are many indications in favour of a liberal attitude towards the exceptions contemplated but not spelt out by Lord Diplock . |
| 26 | By far the most intriguing announcement in Wales also carried a competitive element , even if it had nothing at all to do with slow bowlers . |
| 27 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 28 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 29 | Even if it restricts itself to these , it is certain to face opposition from the Cable Television Authority , many of whose members are investigating the technology . |
| 30 | Even if anyone saw it under the charred fringes of her robe , she could say it was homework . |