Example sentences of "even [conj] he [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think they 'd have been impressed even if he 'd told them |
| 2 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 3 | In the Psalms of David Smart had his pattern laid out for him , even if he chose to embroider it a little . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if he had desired it , he could scarcely have done more to ensure that the Khans would support Nogai 's will . ’ |
| 5 | It has often been pointed out that even if he had written nothing before this stage he would still be regarded as an important poet . |
| 6 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 7 | Ruth could n't have spoken , even if he had moved his hand . |
| 8 | In any case , she was too busy attacking the contents of her briefcase when she got home to have gone out with him , even if he had asked her — which he had n't . |
| 9 | But , even if he had known one , he still would n't style these beasts by playing it . |
| 10 | He did not know that Isambard , unsure of the numbers with which he had to deal , and always thorough , had brought forty men to sustain the assault against his dozen ; and even if he had known it would have brought him no comfort . |
| 11 | He said even if he had known it was an aneurysm , it may have been totally inoperable and would have carried a mortality rate of 80% . |
| 12 | The heat of his body was like a magnet and she knew she would not have been able to move her hand even if he had let her . |
| 13 | This involved frequent absences from home , so that , even if he had wished it , he would not really have been able to run the estates himself . |
| 14 | He needed some excitement , even if he had to make it himself ! |
| 15 | Even if he had brought his kingship pure and intact back from Rome and launched a holy crusade such as apostles dream of , two years is not enough to sew a kingdom together . |
| 16 | Napoleon III therefore feared that he was bound to find himself involved in Spanish affairs even if he tried to ignore them . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | I do n't think Place can have been all bad , even if he did kill someone . ’ |
| 21 | And even if he did find her what more had he to offer her than before ? |
| 22 | Even after he had made them known , he had made it virtually impossible for voters to express their agreement with his views ( by refusing to patronize the Union Gaulliste or some equivalent ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Have you seen Grimes yet ? ’ he asked Minton , who went to great lengths to obtain seats for himself , Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping , even after he had seen it twice . |
| 24 | Rune had treated her body with a considerate respect that had been faultless , ensuring her safety , even as he had ensured her ecstasy . |
| 25 | Even as he did get his bearings a great tree swirled towards him out of the night and a rook he never saw rose up in alarm , cawing darkly away into the storm . |
| 26 | Even when he failed to ring her later in the week , as she had commanded him to do , once he had sorted life to meet her expectations , she did not ring him . |
| 27 | He usually held his drink well , and behaved like a gentleman even when he did have one too many . |
| 28 | She does stand by him to the end however , when it is found that he is innocent , even though he seemed to proclaim his guilt by resigning . |
| 29 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 30 | For the first term I felt guilty I 'd abandoned him even though he 'd told me to come and could stand on his own two feet . |