Example sentences of "even [conj] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert O'Mahoney 's King , a ‘ dynamotologist ’ — ‘ self-realisation , you know ? ’ — is the picture of a man floundering around in the deep end of life , who has forgotten not only how to swim , but even where he left his life jacket . |
| 2 | The stairs creaked even where he placed his feet carefully at the wall side and the ludicrous self-portrait of himself as a householder properly armed with a poker going upstairs to hunt burglars made him stop to tauten his thoughts . |
| 3 | The no evidence doctrine was commonly taken to mean that a decision will not be regarded as outside of the jurisdiction of the decision-maker even if he reached his decision on no evidence . |
| 4 | Although he suggests that the three possibilities need not be mutually exclusive , Baker 's sympathies clearly lie with the last of these ; but many scientists still need convincing that man can make use of a built-in magnetic compass , even if he possesses one . |
| 5 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 6 | But even if he knew he was speaking with his own voice , rachmaninov , the eternal doubter , was n't happy with his structural abilities : he authorised the excision of three of the variations and the coda . |
| 7 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |
| 8 | Even if he lets them do something . |
| 9 | Worse , even if he accepted her warning , what if he refused to take her with him , thinking what he did of her ? |
| 10 | However , he recognized that the days when he could play the benign ruler , satisfying the grievances of his subjects and punishing guilty lesser officials , were waning — even if he had nothing more positive to put in its place . |
| 11 | But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , his energy of observation remained constant and again inclined towards the economics of the area : he contemplated one piece of land , a ‘ watery flat ’ , that seemed to have natural drainage possibilities — ‘ it had a visible declivity ’ ; although he allowed that even if he felt it could be reclaimed without ‘ difficulty or expense ’ , these were relative terms . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think he 's thinking of marrying , but even if he asked me , I 'd refuse him , as I 'd refuse any man . ’ |
| 14 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 15 | Of course he will feel jealous when a new baby arrives on the scene — even if he does his best not to show it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's not God , even if he thinks he is . ’ |
| 18 | He is n't the director here , even if he thinks he is . |
| 19 | They do not reach the true fundamentalist , because even if he read them , he would be left quite unmoved because James Barr 's theology does not give a viable and positive alternative to fundamentalism . |
| 20 | He could never be Shiona 's , even if he wanted her , and there was nothing to indicate that he really did . |
| 21 | ‘ Even if he did it seems a bit far-fetched to think he could do anything about it . |
| 22 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 23 | Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them . |
| 24 | ‘ Lordship ’ had the belligerence of Bertie 's Aunt Agatha , even if he retained her nephew 's lisp . |
| 25 | Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’ |
| 26 | Even before he died there had been hints that all was not well between his Philippines-born wife , Rose — some 40 years his junior — and Gina Rinehart , Mr Hancock 's daughter by a previous marriage . |
| 27 | Even before he saw me Ho lost interest , began scenting about . |
| 28 | They were not like the crew quarters , but reminded him more of a hospital , even before he saw what appeared to be an operating theatre . |
| 29 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 30 | Even before he reached his nineteenth birthday , he had begun to make a name as a choreographer , and one of the works he made then is still danced : only a trifle , but full of the wit that was one of his gifts . |