Example sentences of "even [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only a matter or time before they die … and there are few new sapling in these machine-cut hedges to replace them , even if farmers wanted them . |
| 2 | It is something which the learner craves even if teachers think they can do without it . |
| 3 | MARTI Caine is to go ahead with plans for her role as the Red Queen in Snow White at Cardiff 's New Theatre — even if cancer strikes her again . |
| 4 | The second prejudice against dissection was held by religious people who took in a literal sense the resurrection of the body , and had an emotional commitment to this doctrine , even if intellect told them that an incomplete body could be no bar to the miracle of rising from the grave with the sounding of the last trump . |
| 5 | Recently he 'd said to his fellow Spidergobs , ‘ We ai n't scavvies at all , even if others call us so . |
| 6 | I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it . |
| 7 | Even if Martin wanted her to stay , Marion ca n't stand her . |
| 8 | For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place . |
| 9 | Even if paintings are unpopular or even if people think they are bad paintings for a while , they 're useful for art students . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I 'm a really f—ing good comedian and so , even if people think I 'm shit on The Word or Access , it does n't matter — I 'm a f—ing good comedian . |
| 11 | He also predicted that even if Aristide won he would not be permitted to assume the presidency . |
| 12 | Yet the past year 's debate at ICI contains clues about how the firm might now run and reshape itself — even if Hanson leaves it alone . |
| 13 | ‘ You got that sort of money ? ’ he said , ‘ even if Bert lets it go , he will want a pretty penny for it . |
| 14 | Second , even if markets get it wrong , can the government do better ? |
| 15 | He had been unpopular in the city since an inquiry in 1321 which led to the curbing of the city 's liberties ; the citizens had probably helped Mortimer to escape from the Tower , and Froissart , who was a Hainaulter himself and may have written on good authority , said that even before Isabella landed she had received secret assurances of support from them . |
| 16 | The planet had a technical operation in Grenoble even before Sun spun it out . |
| 17 | Even before Heseltine announced he was standing there were a number of press smears about some of his closest aides , the worst example being a report in The Sun on 13 November headlined ‘ The Adulterer , The Bungler and The Joker ’ , which Mrs Thatcher was forced publicly to disavow . |
| 18 | And even the anger was mainly at myself because I could n't stop wanting you , even after Matilda warned me of your … usefulness . ’ |
| 19 | Finally , there is a latent essentialism in his work , and this comes out in his use of ‘ the body ’ as a final court of appeal , as that which is irreducible to power even as power invests it . |
| 20 | The police believe magistrates are under pressure to grant bail , even when officers advise them it could be dangerous . |
| 21 | The fit had frightened Edward , and he would n't leave Anna 's side even when Ma told him it was time for bed . |
| 22 | His title " Button " stuck even when Harvard shifted him into an administrative role ; he was obviously too intelligent to remain a runner . |
| 23 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 24 | He continued to go forward and even when Hodkinson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right , it did n't stop his forward march . |
| 25 | Even when experts leave us with choices , we are more often than not reluctant to exercise such choice ; ‘ what do you recommend ? ’ , we ask . |
| 26 | Even when parents get it wrong , Paul 's point is that if you are Christian , your obedience is in the Lord . |
| 27 | He rarely showed any emotion , even when people presented him with the most heart-felt outpourings of their fears and hopes . |
| 28 | She had been undaunted even when Henry said he 'd wager that she dare not stay alone in the Lodge while he and Lettice explored the woods outside . |
| 29 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 30 | She did n't seem too pleased even when Gloria gave her both pots of jam . |