Example sentences of "even [conj] he [was/were] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he was kissing her because he only felt sorry for her , she could pretend , could n't she ? |
| 2 | he told her that even if he was caught he had now enough money to get her , police monitoring calls to the Shipway 's office traced the call within seconds to a phone box at the service station on the A one at Groinby near Gran Grantham Lan , Lincolnshire , police cars arrived at the call box only minutes after the kidnapper had left |
| 3 | He speaks quietly , pleasantly , with an even delivery that would sound the same even if he was threatening your life . |
| 4 | But even while he was saying it , it did not sound true . |
| 5 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 6 | Even as he was shaking his head , Patrick could hear Tom Rooney saying to him , " You 're part of the organization now … we look after our own , " and then he remembered the young gunman 's statement , " We need people like you … if any of you feel like joining … " |
| 7 | He 'd answered with some folderol about seeking the ideal woman , but he 'd known the truth even as he was spinning her this tosh , and it was a bitter thing . |
| 8 | This was in part due to Reginald Birch 's illustrations which kept the boy always in black velvet and lace , even when he was riding his pony , and in part to the intense relationship between mother and son ; Mrs Burnett here had in mind herself and her son Vivian , upon whom Fauntleroy himself was modelled . |
| 9 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 10 | Certainly , the former Harlequins coach , did that at Myreside yesterday afternoon when he had 24 Watson 's boys eating out of his hand , even though he was wearing his England track suit . |
| 11 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 12 | Mike 's boss , Max Smith , 53 , said : ‘ Even though he was trapped he finished the job . ’ |