Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 2 | And even if they meant him no threat , how could the Lord Owen be sure of it ? |
| 3 | It made him feel powerful , that was it , because he paid , he bought and , even if they hated him , they sold . |
| 4 | Even if we get him to comb his hair , it 'll be too much of a shock for Professor Thornton . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's not God , even if he thinks he is . ’ |
| 7 | He is n't the director here , even if he thinks he is . |
| 8 | If he serves every day of the sentence passed on him … even if you desert him … he will survive . |
| 9 | Even if you asked him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well I thought was a very decent man , even if I killed him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 15 | Karnstein seemed to have been born to fit the caricatured image of a hospital matron , determined to do a patient good even if it killed him . |
| 16 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 17 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 18 | Mr Sugar also claimed that Mr Venables had told him before he was sacked as chief executive last month that he was prepared to embark on a ‘ suicide mission ’ , even if it meant he finished up broke . |
| 19 | Agnew , however , is not certain that he wants to uproot his family — even if it gives him a chance to resurrect his career . |
| 20 | For his part , Mr Major , who feels the isolation from people that is an inevitable consequence of his position , is pleased to have contact , even if it means he is the occasional target of thrown eggs . |
| 21 | Even if she saw him she would n't expect anything evil to happen . |
| 22 | Bathsheba knew that he would always give his honest opinion , even if she asked him whether she should marry another man , and there was nobody else she could trust . |
| 23 | Even if she hated him . |
| 24 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’ |
| 27 | He was jitterbugging with the recoil , and the gun 's momentum kept his first sweep going for a couple of yards even after he realised he 'd missed me . |
| 28 | They admired him even as they reviled him . |
| 29 | Even as we spoke he was thinking of nothing else . |
| 30 | He had no time to call for help on his radio because , even as he saw him , the man rushed forward , the machete held high above his head . |