Example sentences of "even when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel that we have been working together for much longer , ’ says Sandra , ‘ because even when we had our own businesses we would ring each other up for advice . |
| 2 | We have to persuade the pupils that what they are doing is worthwhile — even when we doubt it ourselves . |
| 3 | We must beware of this tendency , even when we exploit it . |
| 4 | Even when we married it was going to be a secret for a bit . |
| 5 | Its basis is that all life is to be valued and treated with respect ; that the rhythm of life is something implanted by the Creator ; that the different ecosystems have to be treasured , even when we regard them as hostile to human life itself . |
| 6 | For instance , the regress generated by the remark that there is a point between every pair of points may be virtuous , even when we take it to concern points in time rather than in space . |
| 7 | As Marx remarked , even when we make our own history , we do not make it in conditions of our own choosing and much of it is made behind our backs . |
| 8 | We should all be exercising , even when we do it badly , even when we cut a ridiculous figure as we job along , puffing and panting . |
| 9 | Because all human beings are fallible , with individual fears and weaknesses , it is so easy for the foundation for a similar fear in our children to be laid even when we think we are doing our best for them . |
| 10 | She could n't , not even when we beat her . |
| 11 | ‘ I have held my hand time and again , and even when they drove me to act I have abated my askings to keep the balance true and save Wales from worse enmity . |
| 12 | Even when they apply themselves to understanding the effects of social relations on individual cognition , as with work on social identity and social representations , the patterns they describe are assumed to be based on universal properties of the human mind . |
| 13 | Throughout the whole thing , even when they took us to the palace , nobody said a word . |
| 14 | Similarly , whereas over half of the sample ( 57 per cent ) admitted to always or mostly continuing to drink even when they knew they were intoxicated , at the end of the course 60 per cent said this rarely or never occurred . |
| 15 | Even when they knew he was going through a bad patch they would continue to deliver dangerous back-passes to him . |
| 16 | People were drawn to him almost against their will , even when they knew his faults . |
| 17 | However , the overwhelming majority of those inhabitants of the subcontinent who adhered to Islam had no sense of identification with the dynasty ( even when they knew it existed ) and the fact that the dynasty was Muslim had little to do with its exercise of power . |
| 18 | Likely to neglect their feet — even when they know they have problems . |
| 19 | But Rubberneck wished — for he was a pariah still , how he felt , on his high perch , even when they called his name — that he was down below , in the crush : part of the people . |
| 20 | All of them in search of personal happiness but , as is so often the case , hard pressed to recognise it even when they find it . |
| 21 | And marriage is the only state which affords women some measure of protection under law , which is why many women insist on it even when they suspect their relationship might not last the distance . |
| 22 | Oh right erm well often the coverage , even when they think they 've got it , is not terribly good |
| 23 | The curious nature of the first-person plural relationship in the Sonnets [ + ego , + tu ] is that it is so infrequent ( twelve times only ) and that even when it occurs it is tenuous , fragile , or , as here , stands for a union in falseness . |
| 24 | The United States was unable to restrain Israel even when it felt it was necessary to do so against Syria in June 1967 and against Lebanon in 1982 . |
| 25 | But even at his most confused , the essence of Maurice was still there , and we loved him for it even when it drove us spare . |
| 26 | Not until the second half did Saints show any of their best style and even when it came it was never sustained . |
| 27 | It may seem obvious to you that coffee cups belong in the top cupboard , but if people get into the habit of leaving them in the sink and you allow them to do that ( even when it irritates you ) it will be difficult to get them to change . |
| 28 | Even when it rains there is still plenty to see . |
| 29 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 30 | I could n't see what to photograph , even when I got my slides back there was nothing there . |