Example sentences of "even [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Even if she guaranteed the discretion of the ghostwriter , everyone would know . ’
2 Even if she left the dubious sanctuary of the car she had no clue to the best direction in which to seek help .
3 Even if she left the station there was nowhere to go to .
4 It seemed there would n't be time to do any prying even if she had the money to go to Chertsey , which she did n't .
5 Even if she reached the trees , the Dragoons would soon ride Sharpe down in the tangle of undergrowth .
6 But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs .
7 She knew the answer even before she asked the question , so when the blond head shook in negation she was n't surprised .
8 Even before she landed the lack of enthusiasm for Edward 's regime had become apparent , for the fleet which Edward ordered to muster to oppose her landing refused to do so ‘ because of the great wrath they [ i.e. the sailors ] had towards Hugh Despenser ’ . ’
9 Somehow she knew which ones he had done , even before she saw the signature .
10 She knew that the commission accruing to dealers was 4p a share , and she was calculating her own gain even before she closed the sale .
11 Even as she recognised the skill behind the caress , she was jolted by a dart of sheer untrammelled longing deep within her , and , hard as she tried to fight her own traitorous desires , she knew she was lost .
12 Yet , even as she shot the denial at him , Lisa was aware of an unexpected reaction within her .
13 But even as she made the token protest she knew a longing almost painful in its intensity to feel the possession of his mouth all over again .
14 It would not be right to celebrate a society in which Afro-American women could make quilts and gardens but not write essays , and indeed Walker condemns that society even as she evokes the value of the gardens and the quilts .
15 Even as she said the words , Rory shuddered , caught in the grip of a sudden , devastating premonition .
16 ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true .
17 Even as she uttered the words , she realised how false they were .
18 But even as she held the knob in her hand and was about to turn it , she hesitated and her arm dropped to her side .
19 She swore — yet again — that she would leave off the rich food , forget the drink , but even as she making the promise , she knew she would not be able to keep to it .
20 But she would still be a traitor to grief , watching and listening , even as she spoke the formal words of condolence , for the flicker of an eyelid , the tensing of hands and face muscles , for the unwise word , for any sign that for someone in that waiting house in Campden Hill Square this might not be news at all .
21 Even as she pondered the question , Silas came into the office .
22 But even as she framed the words in her mind , confidence deserted her .
23 Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating .
24 Even when she passed the two-furlong pole , some five lengths off the leaders , she knew she had them ; but if the post had come ten yards earlier , she would never have got up .
25 Even when she had the picture in front of her , she seemed only to see the flat bloodless paper .
26 It often occurred to her that she might never leave Florence again even when she had the money and means to do so .
27 Linnet had attended the wedding , of course , looking exquisite in dove-grey velvet with a swansdown hat and muff , her face calm and remote , betraying not the least flicker of anything which anyone could call unbecoming , even when she saw the bride , thin as a stick and hideously sallow , led to the altar dripping pearls and diamonds and a London-made gown with a train half a cathedral-aisle long .
28 Even when she crossed the border and stayed at Hexham , messengers carried importunate pleas to her , all of which were ignored . ’
29 He was off-hand with her , even when she recounted the gossip about Meredith being thrown out of his lodgings .
30 In Phillips v Grampian Health Board ( 1989 ) The Times , 9 March a widow was held entitled to recover damages even though she married the deceased when he was already suffering from a fatal disease and she knew that his death was inevitable within a few years .
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