Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] even [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exclusive " Annie Thompson " design had only a small flap — that was adequate in normal circumstances — but near disaster in an emergency , when I could not even resort to the era of the " Flapper " in her cami-knickers , and go down one leg . |
| 2 | I could not even bayonet an effigy of Kaiser Bill convincingly . |
| 3 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 4 | Ca n't even crap like white people . |
| 5 | It is a sorry thing when an eagle can not even ward off two miserable hooded crows . |