Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] had [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 You know , even if we had lost the Cup , it would still have been a very good year for French players .
5 I signed a two-year contract and would have honoured that , even if we had missed the play-offs .
6 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 . ’ ?
7 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 .
8 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 . ’
9 Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude .
10 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 ?
11 Not even if I had to block the Valve for a week …
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Even before we had left the outskirts of Makassar , Abu grinned into my face and asked , " In your country , chickens fly ? "
16 This training officer was teaching the course internally even before he had passed the examination himself , as did later one of the directors of his firm .
17 Even before I had reached the counter , the angry voices of two women came to my ears .
18 Even after he had left the country once more , in January 1979 , this remained his conviction — and the root of hid tragedy .
19 The wind tugged at the banner-pole that carried his standard , outside at the turret , and made a dolorous creaking sound that accompanied his steps along the chilly corridor , and whined faintly in his ears even after he had closed the door and shut out the sound of the rain .
20 Jezrael asked , giving an artistic shiver that he missed , even as he had missed the sight of the ice-cliffs all around .
21 One thing I will commend you for , it took a lot of ball to carry on even when you had lost the thread .
22 Second , even though it had cost the management dear , the original run of The Fairy Queen had been a smash hit with the public : so , in the immortal words of Henry Ford , ‘ If it ai n't broke , do n't fix it . ’
23 In September he was granted bail on a burglary charge by Ealing magistrates even though he had breached the terms of his earlier bail conditions .
24 He had been almost three years in this post , the appointee of the new administration , and he knew he had done well , even though he had to succeed the incomparable Charles Price of the Reagan years .
25 There was also another young man with theatrical ambitions who wondered if they would ever he satisfied , even though he had produced The Wit To Woo .
26 There 's no way draymen in London deliver after lunch-time , so I felt fairly safe there even though I had to rearrange the kegs around Armstrong .
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