Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] have [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a telling comment on Francoism 's concept of " normality " and , particularly , on its view of the intellectual and political capacity of women : men who were not the head of the household in which they lived and all unmarried women were disenfranchized , even if they had reached the age of majority . |
| 2 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 3 | There was little point and no real justification in attempting to give chase , even if they had known the direction in which he had disappeared . |
| 4 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 5 | Even if they have found the previous hour of talks excruciating , finding they have little in common on a whole host of difficult issues , they will come out smiling . |
| 6 | You know , even if we had lost the Cup , it would still have been a very good year for French players . |
| 7 | I signed a two-year contract and would have honoured that , even if we had missed the play-offs . |
| 8 | Having caused the longest recession since the 1930s , does the Prime Minister agree with the words of his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who said last month : ’ the policy would not have been different even if we had known the outcome . ’ ? |
| 9 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 10 | Kate had been all too aware of the stiffening in the figure next to her , even if he had ignored the girl , apart from an acknowledging , casual smile in her direction . |
| 11 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 12 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |
| 13 | Even if he had got the kind of constitution that he wanted , could he have stomached the long period of economic rebuilding — with all its attendant constraints — that lay ahead of France in 1946 ? |
| 14 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 15 | Nor in general is he liable even if he has planted the trees because he has not used his land in an extraordinary or non-natural manner . |
| 16 | Better than that , the Power Launcher itself has a timed event facility , which means that you can set it to open an application at a given time — so that file you promised to send to a colleague via modem by ten o'clock on Thursday can be sent automatically , even if you 've taken the day off sick ( assuming the cleaner has n't switched your PC off , of course ! ) |
| 17 | Or even if you have to clarify the title by saying who is responsible for making sure that materials that you use arrive at the place that they 're supposed to arrive at the time . |
| 18 | I just feel that even if you have read the book I mean my point would be , I would maybe be reading the book and have a look and say oh god |
| 19 | Rush to make coffee or clear up , even if you have to fight the instinct . |
| 20 | Not even if I had to block the Valve for a week … |
| 21 | For Raskolnikov is incorrigibly patrician and rare at heart ( which is one reason why the Epilogue does not convince ) , even if I have overstressed the Hamletish side to him . |
| 22 | The last thing he said to me on Wednesday , ’ Jack ’ ’ he said , ‘ I 'll get along to your rave-up on Friday even if I have to knock the guts out of her . |
| 23 | " I will be there even if I have to have the foot amputated , " he said . |
| 24 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 25 | Not because the Harlequin man had sullied Meh'Lindi in Jaq 's eyes , oh no , no question of such a despicable thought — but because Carnelian had used pleasure as a weapon , therefore Meh'Lindi must reject dalliance with any such delights ; even if she had felt the faintest inclination to dally in the first place , and that was a dubious proposition . |
| 26 | It seemed unlikely that he would permit that — even if she 'd desired the privilege . |
| 27 | As she approached the back entrance to the place , Cleo reflected that , even if she 'd had the money , she would never want to live in a building like this . |
| 28 | Even before we had left the environs of Mount Pleasant airport , we had seen upland geese grazing unconcernedly alongside the runway , and we crossed creeks where small parties of speckled teal were swimming . |
| 29 | Even before we had left the outskirts of Makassar , Abu grinned into my face and asked , " In your country , chickens fly ? " |
| 30 | It is extraordinary that that has been resisted even before we have received the first results . |