Example sentences of "even [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 2 | Even if I hear them howling and snapping their jaws I sha n't hurry ! ’ |
| 3 | Even if I hate him I think he 's the most important player Leeds United have had in my time as a Leeds United supporter . |
| 4 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 5 | He is too weak to bear the force of that … even if I felt it , and I am not a cruel woman . |
| 6 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 7 | However , I have n't got a copy to hand and even if I had I ca n't be arsed looking through it . |
| 8 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 9 | Even if I looked I would n't know got ta be fairly small pictures have n't they ? |
| 10 | Well I thought was a very decent man , even if I killed him . |
| 11 | I also kept my contacts and my work going during the golf season , even if I did it mostly by telephone . |
| 12 | " But even if I did it , " said Clara , " I would be stealing the state 's money , would n't I ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know , and even if I did I would n't tell you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're talking about , but even if I did I would n't tell you anything . ’ |
| 15 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 16 | Even if I tried it on I thought she would stop me . |
| 17 | Well I planned a little bit but even if I plan I still ca n't write it . |
| 18 | Even if I think I can present it , should I do so ? |
| 19 | ‘ My Lords , I have already disclaimed the intention of discussing the scope of the rule in O'Reilly v. Mackman but , even if I treat it as a general rule , there are many indications in favour of a liberal attitude towards the exceptions contemplated but not spelt out by Lord Diplock . |
| 20 | Even before I met him I 'd admired a North Shore picture of his which showed the Kam Highway as it meandered out of the hills and down into Haleiwa , flanked by pineapple plantations and clumps of trees , and in the distance the Pacific , rippling with big waves . |
| 21 | I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’ |
| 22 | Even as I write I can hear Imran Khan sighing all the way from Lahore . |
| 23 | Mr Dobbs said : ‘ As far as I am aware the BBC want to do the sequel , and even as I speak they are discussing potential script writers . ’ |
| 24 | But even as I heard it , I knew it was not a revolver . |
| 25 | It was meant to be a jocular observation but even as I said it I knew that I had transgressed some important Gyggle taboo . |
| 26 | But even as I made it I knew my accusation was ridiculous . |
| 27 | Even as I watched him , his neck went rigid . |
| 28 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 29 | Then , even as I talked I began to see , for almost the first time , some of the negative factors that I had suppressed or disregarded . |
| 30 | And even as I did I was astounded at myself . |