Example sentences of "even [conj] he did [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 ? |
3 | 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 ? |
4 | I do n't think Place can have been all bad , even if he did kill someone . ’ |
5 | And even if he did find her what more had he to offer her than before ? |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He usually held his drink well , and behaved like a gentleman even when he did have one too many . |
8 | " No , and I was glad to see him , even though he did say I was gettin' fatter . |