Example sentences of "and even [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second chapter of Philippians , a little bit before where we read , Paul 's describing the seriousness of the illness of his friend and companion , Ep Aproditus And even although he had written that the thought of his own death caused him no qualms whatever , when he was writing about his friend , Aproditus being at the point of death , he said , But God had mercy on him and not only upon him but on me also lest I should have sorrow on sorrow . |
| 2 | One could argue , then , that by July 1949 the battle lines had been drawn in Southeast Asia , and even that they had been drawn unilaterally , by the US . |
| 3 | He had been told very little , and even that he had difficulty in remembering because he was so filled with excitement and anticipation . |
| 4 | Almost the first experiments I had made with the passive avoidance model after completing the work with Marie , and even before we had located IMHV and LPO as the sites of change , looked at the effects of training on protein synthesis in general , using the precursor techniques that have already been described in earlier chapters . |
| 5 | They drove towards Ashdown Forest , and even before they had found a suitable place to stop , Charlotte had begun to recount the events of the past week in such detail that it was obvious she was holding nothing back . |
| 6 | He had already drafted two acts at the beginning of the previous year , and even before he had been taken ill this autumn he had begun the work of revising them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 9 | Anything less than a straight A disappointed me , and even when I had clearly gained the best grade in the class — a slightly alleviating factor-I still told myself that it was n't good enough . |
| 10 | her questions had been more curious than tender and even when she had touched his cheek it was to prove for herself that no bruising remained . |
| 11 | And even if they had n't told me , I would have known . |
| 12 | And even if they had , who could say that Christ had not died for them also ? |
| 13 | Always the money that had not arrived , always the arrears of pay causing disaffection , and even if they had been sent substantial tallies on regional treasuries or port taxation officers , still the endless complaint that the money simply was not there to meet the bills . |
| 14 | Well , it does n't open till May , but the Health and Safety Executive say that safety procedures still have n't been tested , and even if they had , would you go through the Tunnel ? |
| 15 | They were constrained by s I mean like what they wanted to do was constrained by the practical sort of necessities of the time and even if they had wanted to have a more vigorous policy of land reform |
| 16 | We feel quite like VIPs , although it is really the only practicable way of travelling , since the Institute is a couple of miles away , and even if we had the energy to cycle ( as all the Chinese do ) I do n't think we would have the time . |
| 17 | It was well-staged and well-sung ; and even if one had to put up with such seed pearls of wisdom as ‘ Beauty is in a lover 's eyes ’ , it was none the less a serious attempt to deal with the implications of the legend . |
| 18 | He took it up in a Pauline spirit , as a reparation ; now the least of Christians ( by special grace ) but once an infidel , and even if he had not persecuted the faithful , one who scorned the Faith , he would do what he could to convert men or stop them from straying away . |
| 19 | ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him . |
| 20 | He could , he thought , safely do so : Anselm was not an active enemy , and even if he had been , he could scarcely harm him now . |
| 21 | ‘ My dear girl , you 'd have thought him very ill-bred if he 'd talked about money to you , and even if he had , you would n't have understood the relevance of what he was saying , any more than he understands how well off we are . |
| 22 | And even if he had , what will he say when we ask for it ? |
| 23 | Only rarely did the artist actually go to where he might see exotic species in the wild — and even if he had gone there always , he would probably have found them very hard to see . |
| 24 | He did not know that Isambard , unsure of the numbers with which he had to deal , and always thorough , had brought forty men to sustain the assault against his dozen ; and even if he had known it would have brought him no comfort . |
| 25 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 26 | If he had told Mrs Wilson this and even if she had believed him , she may not have wished to help him . |
| 27 | Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's no bus , and even if she had a bike it 's too far for her to ride both ways . ’ |
| 29 | She had nothing planned , unless it was to go to a cinema show with Jules , and even if she had , there was nothing she would not have cancelled in order to be with Harry . |
| 30 | And even if she had cried out , who takes any notice of anyone shouting , even screaming ? |