Example sentences of "even if it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
| 2 | Grunte , who had no idea what the Government 's policy was , or even if it had one , charmingly admitted to his ignorance and invited another question . |
| 3 | By far the most intriguing announcement in Wales also carried a competitive element , even if it had nothing at all to do with slow bowlers . |
| 4 | Even if it had anything to do with you , which it does n't . ’ |
| 5 | It did not occur to him to look for a seat outside Worcestershire , and even if it had there was little reason why he should have secured one . |
| 6 | It is too early yet to say how useful the discourse approach will be , but even if it achieves nothing else , it can at least be claimed to have shown the inadequacy of attempting to analyse the function of intonation on the basis of isolated sentences or tone-units , removed from their linguistic and situational context . |
| 7 | There is controversy over whether this sort of fusion occurs under pressure inside the Earth , or inside the heavier Jupiter , but even if it does it is at levels that are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 8 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am not sure if this will reach you and I know that even if it does you will not reply . |
| 9 | Even if it wastes your time . |
| 10 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 11 | The men also look very fine in their long curly wigs ( even if it takes their partners a little while to get used to them ) . |
| 12 | Cor even if it takes you three days ! |
| 13 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 14 | If you set over-ambitious targets ( " I 'm going to finish this assignment tonight — even if it kills me ! " ) and fail to achieve them , you simply reinforce your sense of guilt and failure . |
| 15 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ People who hang on to their land and property even if it kills them , so we 've never had to worry about money and that 's why we 're such nice people . ’ |
| 17 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 18 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 19 | ‘ Katherine , I am glad we had that little talk before dinner , even if it made me a trifle nervous . |
| 20 | Karnstein seemed to have been born to fit the caricatured image of a hospital matron , determined to do a patient good even if it killed him . |
| 21 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 22 | It is clear that the core of the upper class certainly do differentiate themselves from the broader middle class , even if it suits them to call themselves ‘ middle class ’ when asked . |
| 23 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 24 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 25 | Mr Sugar also claimed that Mr Venables had told him before he was sacked as chief executive last month that he was prepared to embark on a ‘ suicide mission ’ , even if it meant he finished up broke . |
| 26 | Agnew , however , is not certain that he wants to uproot his family — even if it gives him a chance to resurrect his career . |
| 27 | Her old tutor is horrified , but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life . |
| 28 | Quite often it has n't and even if it has it may be helpful to call the recipient with information on delivery and timing . |
| 29 | Even if it costs us a few hundred quid , it 's been worth it . |
| 30 | Even if it costs you £35 , the price differential on leaded petrol will virtually allow you to recoup the cost of adjustment within one year . |