Example sentences of "it even [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This state can be induced in about three-quarters of the population ; the rest for some unknown reason can not achieve it even if they wish to do so .
2 I would n't do it even if they offered me loads of money .
3 ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . )
4 If something or somebody seems to be all the go , it takes a determined editor to ignore it even if he thinks it wildly over-rated .
5 In any case , by Christmas 1964 his father had been too ill to remember his promise and too poor to fulfil it even if he had .
6 You may be eligible for it even if you have savings of up to £6000 , you own your own home , or you have never paid National Insurance contributions .
7 That 's not to say that it is a waste of time reading it even if you have never been to the remote geographical placement .
8 Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me .
9 But he would n't believe it even if she said it , she decided .
10 ‘ On the contrary , it 's because … dash it , I 'll say it even if it does sound sloppy !
11 ‘ I would n't drink it even if it tasted like the real thing , ’ comments Stephen , a 32-year-old designer .
12 He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit .
13 In any case , I 'd do it even if I had a job .
14 Sometimes my helper comes in and says , ‘ It 's time for a walk ’ and makes me do it even if I think , ‘ No I 'm too comfy to move ! ’ .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 This thing of subtracting , we carry on doing it even when it goes negative .
18 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 .
19 I will do it even when it snows and when it rains .
20 ‘ Oh , you control it even as you sleep ? ’
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