Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the church , the blacks have no hymnbooks , and we are told that even if they had them they probably could not read them , showing that the blacks are oppressed and have no opportunity of an education . |
| 2 | I do n't think they can take any more , you know they 've left nothing there , but now the allies — I do n't think there is much , and even if they have they call them surgical , you know , sight bombing |
| 3 | Clearly they have no power to do so , even if somebody asks them to , somebody from outside for instance , erm , and , and also when they do get a fire certificate , is there a display for it ? |
| 4 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 5 | Even if he lets them do something . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | even if you get them wrong , I 'll put them right , it 's the only way you 'll learn |
| 9 | Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive . |
| 10 | Previous chemical processes will affect the results — even if you THINK they 've grown out , the chances are they probably have n't ! |
| 11 | Although few would accept a Trabant now even if you paid them , the spluttering papier-maché two-stroke still strikes an affectionate chord . |
| 12 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |
| 13 | Even if I hear them howling and snapping their jaws I sha n't hurry ! ’ |
| 14 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 15 | ‘ People who hang on to their land and property even if it kills them , so we 've never had to worry about money and that 's why we 're such nice people . ’ |
| 16 | It is clear that the core of the upper class certainly do differentiate themselves from the broader middle class , even if it suits them to call themselves ‘ middle class ’ when asked . |
| 17 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 18 | Even if it means they 're only inches ahead in the three mile crawl along the rest of the road at least they 're in FRONT . |
| 19 | Many of them have been slain , and those who still pursue their craft do so in large bands , which means for bad hunting , even while it keeps them alive . ’ |
| 20 | Even before it opened they had become emanations of the State , a branch of the machinery of government . |
| 21 | Interestingly , they sound radically different , and different even before you plug them in . |
| 22 | He answered with a minute shake of his head and she obeyed , sitting on to watch the fantastic skill with which they wove and rewove their patterns , each keeping the strings taut and symmetrical even as they transformed them into a completely new shape . |
| 23 | That even as he gets them in his grip |
| 24 | Then he was clinging to them , even as he felt them tear loose from the rock . |
| 25 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |
| 26 | Even as he grouped them , he shook his head : what did he really know about these people ? |
| 27 | She had deluded herself ; she had believed that innocence of spirit and a devout purpose were adequate guides through this treacherous domain , but the facts were clear enough now : she had diminished mystery to pious platitude , and some devious element at work in the deeps of her imagination was scorning her efforts even as she made them … |
| 28 | Even as she watched they disappeared over the edge , leaving her in a watery isolation . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | consolidated itself as sovereign subject by defining its colonies as ‘ Others ’ , even as it constituted them , for purposes of administration and the expansion of markets , into programmed near-images of that very sovereign self . |