Example sentences of "even when [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One restaurant closed at 7.30pm , the other , designed as the interior of a ship , did n't have much food to offer ( even when we tipped the waiter to take our order ) . |
2 | When we take a Bach Flower or homoeopathic remedy , or even when we smell the fragrance of a beautiful flower , the healing effect is triggered at a subtle level , in the auric body ( explained below ) and filters ‘ inwards ’ as it were , to the physical body . |
3 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
4 | Even when they hear the evidence ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Even when they hear the evidence ? |
6 | However , for both development officers some eventual admissions to institutions were accepted , though a few somewhat sadly even when they supported the decision . |
7 | Despite the large profits made by the industry , only four of the 26 companies involved will provide bait to the fishermen , and even when they do the amount supplied is grossly inadequate . |
8 | Even when they won the league you could see he was nt happy , and St John was always trying to force a half decent comment from him . |
9 | But it did not , at any rate for the peasantry , which on the whole refused to turn itself into a flourishing class of commercial farmers even when it had the chance to do so . |
10 | Even when I spoke the truth . |
11 | It often occurred to her that she might never leave Florence again even when she had the money and means to do so . |
12 | Even when she had the picture in front of her , she seemed only to see the flat bloodless paper . |
13 | Linnet had attended the wedding , of course , looking exquisite in dove-grey velvet with a swansdown hat and muff , her face calm and remote , betraying not the least flicker of anything which anyone could call unbecoming , even when she saw the bride , thin as a stick and hideously sallow , led to the altar dripping pearls and diamonds and a London-made gown with a train half a cathedral-aisle long . |
14 | Even when she crossed the border and stayed at Hexham , messengers carried importunate pleas to her , all of which were ignored . ’ |
15 | He was off-hand with her , even when she recounted the gossip about Meredith being thrown out of his lodgings . |
16 | His heart hammered painfully , and he was so angry he could n't move , even when he heard the treasurer 's clerk returning , though he managed to close the book before eyes other than his own fell on the damning evidence of Sarah 's treachery . |
17 | He did n't stop even when he reached the hole . |
18 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
19 | Gandhi , however , does not conceive of God in this way even when he uses the term in a personal sense . |
20 | It was he who refused to change , even when he knew the unhappiness he was causing . |
21 | " Then , " said Dandelion , " Frith felt himself in friendship with El-ahrairah , because of his resourcefulness , and because he would not give up even when he thought the fox and the weasel were coming . |
22 | He had refused to touch what he called the Stavanger Final Insurance even when he needed the money for his fleet — why should he use it now for what was only indirectly of concern to him ? |
23 | Even when he rang the doorbell it was a full two minutes before the door was opened and he faced a woman who he knew must be Evelyn Matlock . |