Example sentences of "even [conj] i know [pron] " 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 I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’
3 So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me .
4 But I can not bear to see the stars , even though I know they 're there all right , and I do see them , because Tod looks upwards at night , as everybody does , and coos and points .
5 About picking up the pieces and wondering where we go from there , even though I know there are other things he 's interested in .
6 I know I must finish clearing up the lawn , but , before doing so , I decide to telephone Auntie to come over on her bike even though I know it will take her an hour to get here from Hambledown .
7 And I mun that I must have words in front of me , if I do n't have words in front of me even though I know it , I I still forget it .
8 I 'm obsessed with my weight , even though I know I 'm not fat .
9 And even though I know I 'll be there to support her , I ca n't do anything to help her , and for a man to admit that to himself is really hard .
10 Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you …
11 Even though I knew what I had to do , once I got outside Liverpool Street station , I just wandered off aimlessly .
12 Even though I knew what was going through his mind I asked a supplemental , ‘ The software does support Grey Scales does n't it ? ’ .
13 Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display .
14 Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him .
15 Even though I knew I was pregnant , I kept thinking , no , I ca n't be .
16 I think they 're so pretty I just had to have one , even though I knew I would n't get much use out of it .
17 My famished brain kept throwing up the same line , and I had not the strength to control it , even though I knew it was wrong : Cymbeline Ghost-relic has returned from the Other Side :
18 Even though I knew there was no one there .
19 Even though I knew she would soon be in England , I also knew that she was n't going to live with us but with my cousins in Nottingham , and I guess I was sad about that .
20 I meant it as well , even though I knew she 'd miss the hang-gliding .
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