Example sentences of "even [conj] [pers pn] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no serious defensible pedigrees here ( even if we could decide what characteristics had to be inherited to ensure pure descent ) . |
| 2 | Motives are very difficult to uncover , and , even if we could know them , they would reveal little about the likely course of foreign policy . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if you could make her go , ’ said Anna , ‘ Ruth would return to us as quickly as she could . |
| 4 | Even if you could hold him down you might easily cut too far and hurt him . ’ |
| 5 | Back in the late '70s an RD Artist bass would have set you back around £800 ( Gibson UK carried an ad that read , ‘ The guitar you probably could n't play , even if you could afford one , ’ which probably did n't help its sales ! — Ed ) . |
| 6 | Even if you could afford it , letting off these kind of fireworks safely requires the kind of knowledge normally found in an artillary regiment . |
| 7 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 8 | They would n't believe me , even if I could tell them . |
| 9 | In fact , nearly all the breeders are based round the London area , which would still have meant a difficult journey to collect a bird , even if I could find one . |
| 10 | It is unlikely to be in exactly the same position , even if she could find it , for during the night there is a great deal of jostling among the youngsters and any one of them may have moved about eighteen inches or so . |
| 11 | Bella put her hand on the receiver of the telephone by her chair but , even before she could lift it , she heard someone prise open the bedroom window . |
| 12 | Even when you could figure it out , the student generally could n't play it anyway ! |
| 13 | Even when he could overcome their resistance , he could not trust his military and civilian bureaucracies to put his policies into operation in the manner that he desired . |