Example sentences of "[verb] even [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 2 | ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung . |
| 3 | ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung . |
| 4 | Therefore , there seem to be two bases on which a contractual term can be attacked even though it does not attempt to restrain a party after the contractual period had ended . |
| 5 | It does not break even if it lands directly on other eggs because its shell is twice as thick as those of the host bird . |
| 6 | What the Firearms Act provides is a series of inchoate or preventive offences which criminalize conduct even before it has reached the stage of an attempt to commit some substantive offence . |
| 7 | Do what the boss says even if it means annihilating yourself . ’ |
| 8 | ( Eg if ‘ Painting ’ existed in the document and the search text : was ‘ paint ’ , the ‘ Paint ’ in ‘ Painting ’ would be selected even though it has an initial capital and is part of another word . ) |
| 9 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 11 | even if people do read these contracts , or these warranties , or these extended service contracts , they might not know what they 're buying even if it 's read to them , because it 's in a particular kind of jargon . |
| 12 | erm you know even if it does come in late so we can say oh yes I remember this person sort of thing , you know |
| 13 | By sticking to the same route , your dog will become familiar with its surroundings , and will be far less likely to end up lost even if it strays away from you . |
| 14 | It has been completely restored and its former importance can be readily appreciated even if it has now lost its earlier charm . |
| 15 | She did not know if it would reach Beatrix , of course , nor whether she would respond even if it did . ’ |
| 16 | Allowing suppliers representatives to control stocks is liable to misuse even if it appears to be attractive |
| 17 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 18 | The company is now in a regulatory climate where no objection would be made to either of its corporate investors , NEC Corp and IBM Corp , each with around 5% , greatly increasing their stakes in the company — to perhaps 25% each — but IBM has no cash to spare even if it wanted to get more involved with a company forever at the mercy of the shifting tides of French policy and NEC Corp , which two or three years ago would have jumped at the opportunity of making Bull a European and US outlet for far more of its products , faces a price war in its cash cow personal computer business back home and faces such a hard time that it has just seen its debt ratings cut — at a time when cheap capital is no longer available in Japan . |
| 19 | The company is now in a regulatory climate where no objection would be made to either of its corporate investors , NEC Corp and IBM Corp , each with around 5% , greatly increasing their stakes in the company — to perhaps 25% each — but IBM has no cash to spare even if it wanted to get more involved with a company forever at the mercy of the shifting tides of French policy and NEC Corp , which two or three years ago would have jumped at the opportunity of making Bull a European and US outlet for far more of its products , faces a price war in its cash cow personal computer business back home and faces such a hard time that it has just seen its debt ratings cut — at a time when cheap capital is no longer available in Japan . |
| 20 | The claim is therefore that denunciatory punishment is justified even if it has no good consequences such as educating the public conscience and thereby reducing the amount of crime . |
| 21 | Once it has found a nipple , the tip swells in its mouth so that the young is not able to let go even if it wanted to . |
| 22 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 23 | It is unlikely to be possible easily or cheaply for the Purchaser to come to its own conclusions as to whether or not these Acts apply even if it has access to the contractual document . |
| 24 | Now , we saw Queen Margaret mourning her husband ; we have Selkirk 's riddle about a Lion that cried even though it died ; Oswald the moss trooper 's tale about more than one royal corpse being discovered at Flodden … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The verses do say the Lion cried even though it died . |
| 26 | A reputation for being fair , just , reasonable and courageous is worth winning even if it does mean occasionally upsetting some people . |
| 27 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |
| 28 | In emergencies , such as a burst pipe or major leak , turning off the stopcock should be the first thing you do even if it has no immediate effect . |
| 29 | This would require that , in certain cases , a merger should be allowed even when it gives a combined share of more than 25 per cent of the European market . |
| 30 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |