Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And even if they do take my book , they do n't find nothing . ’ |
| 2 | Instead , some individuals or groups in society will fail to forecast inflation correctly and so may , for example , seek money wage increases which are lower than necessary to maintain their real wages ; other individuals or groups may not have the power to gain full compensation for inflation even if they do predict it correctly . |
| 3 | But even if they do come they still wo n't find any bodies . |
| 4 | To , well to run them now , they 'll still take a week to come back , even if they do run them today , |
| 5 | Who knows , even if they do catch me , Mr Crangle and I might get on and become good friends . ’ |
| 6 | One or two of the people he spoke to found him politically fascinating , even if they did take his style of callous irony with no irony of their own . |
| 7 | ‘ The new owner of the Enderley estate is a hard man , or he 'd never have the heart to turn her out , even if he does want her cottage for a gamekeeper . |
| 8 | Even if he does make them an offer , it is not certain they would accept it . |
| 9 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 10 | A toddler I know refers to me as ‘ English aunt ’ — even if he does mix it up and call my male friend ‘ foreign aunt ’ too . |
| 11 | She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her . |
| 12 | But even if he did save his electronic jottings , would they be readable by the end of his lifetime , or would magnetic deterioration plus hardware and software obsolescence combine to make the efforts of retaining the file futile ? |
| 13 | How could he , even if he did have what he thought was some pretty overwhelming evidence , think she might be anybody 's easy one-nighter ? |
| 14 | I do n't think Place can have been all bad , even if he did kill someone . ’ |
| 15 | And even if he did find her what more had he to offer her than before ? |
| 16 | ‘ Even if you did open it , ’ said the Bookman , ‘ I 'm sure the pages are weighed down with so many words it would be impossible to turn them over . ’ |
| 17 | Even if you did see her , Mr Evans would n't let you go out with her , to a dance , or the pictures , or anything . |
| 18 | Then she insisted , ‘ It was a very kind thing you did … even if you did risk us all getting hung ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want any of you others to do anything , even if you do mean it for the best . ’ |
| 20 | So even if you do repay your loan on a building society account , er do n't forget that erm er the erm building society will then want to charge you for keeping the deeds of your house . |
| 21 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
| 22 | Even if you do claim you went up there to do him in ! |
| 23 | I like what you print about me — and am amused and as usual do n't understand what it is all about even if you do say I am intellectual … |
| 24 | Even if you do fill your freezer with packaged ready-made meals ( and there are some very good ones now , even if they are a little expensive ) , it at least saves you time and organisation . |
| 25 | You 're quite a bird , even if you do like 'em long in the tooth ! ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not going to do what he wants even if I do fancy you . |
| 27 | He says , the wicked are like the tossing sea , and you know , as far the bible is concerned , the wicked is not necessarily the man or the woman who does terrible deeds , the wicked is not necessarily who is , who is a murderer , or a child molesterer , or a thief or or or a wife beater or something like that , the wicked is the person who rejects God , who turns their back on God , who says thank you , I can go through my life without , I do n't need you , I do n't even believe you exist , and even if I do believe you exist I 'm gon na do things my way , I 'm gon na go through life as I choose . |
| 28 | As the B-1R is , after all , designed to be racked , it looks a bit daft sitting on top of the 4x10 , even if it does allow you to whack all the necessary connections together in about thirty seconds flat . |
| 29 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I ai n't scared of that great ox of a matron , even if she does remind me of my old commandant . |