Example sentences of "even [subord] it [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly it is well established that a man is not guilty of rape of a woman who is too drunk to consent even where it is he who has coaxed her to drink . |
| 2 | The traditional term will serve , even if it is one the scope of which requires further explanation . |
| 3 | Fundamentalism , whatever its religious version , provides a detailed and concrete programme for both individuals and society , even if it is one selected from texts or traditions whose suitability for the late 20th century is not obvious . |
| 4 | If you know someone like that , it 's worth observing and studying his or her use of language , manner , and what his body language says to you , even if it is someone you only ever see on television . |
| 5 | Cos I mean to say , even if it is your father |
| 6 | ‘ By laughing at them you make them a victim — and all humour has a victim , even if it 's yourself , ’ says Carl . |
| 7 | It seemed sort of hot but er I mean that 's the trouble at the moment because even if it 's something minor thing , it seems so dramatic . |
| 8 | Even if it 's somebody else you know . |
| 9 | Well er firstly , he can , even if it 's his money give it to his wife as his partner , and she could then invest the money , and because she 's not paying any tax , er she could get a ten percent return , so she could actually get a thousand pounds on that ten thousand and that would be payable gross . |
| 10 | Needless to say , this is no reason why feminists should cease their demands ( quite the reverse ) , but it is a reason why the demand for abolition will never be met in isolation ; and even if it were it would be pointless overall , since further anomalies would be created and the burden of injustice simply shifted to other women . |
| 11 | A , because it 's not an idiom , and B even if it were it would be a whole sentence , because walk is intransitive . |
| 12 | If something did not go right , such as missing a train — even if it was her own fault — she flew into a rage . |
| 13 | But in Lebanon we do n't have vows , they have like kind of contract , and if the if they broke the contract it 's the bride and groo , the groom have to pay that amount of money for the the bride , even if it was her fault . |
| 14 | But it was n't like that ; It was n't that crude , or even if it was it should n't be talked of in such a way ; not now , not yet , |
| 15 | Even if it was your they 're saying it belonged to yourself . |
| 16 | ft was strange then , all these things were happening , and the thing was , sometimes you did n't hear about them until much later , even if it was someone you were used to seeing all the time . |
| 17 | However the proposed European directive has a number of further hurdles to be negotiated before it can be finalised and even when it is it 's unlikely to be implemented before nineteen ninety six . |
| 18 | Even when it was me that was in the wrong , you 'd always blame her … punish her … shut her away in the cellar or the attic . |
| 19 | Even when it was something bad , like the mice-damage in the apple room , or the wasps ' nest in the orchard , or even your husband jumping off a plane and dying , she managed to see the good part of it . |
| 20 | And wee Kate and Joshua are just plain gorgeous even though it 's their Granny talking . |
| 21 | so as far as I 'm concerned even though it 's me running it |
| 22 | And , even though it 's none of your business , for your information , my father paid for it . ’ |
| 23 | So that 's that 's what that 's er in fact I always qualify people on that answer even though it 's it 's right down the bottom here I say what do you what 's your interpretation . |
| 24 | For example , Trudgill ( 1986 : 18 ) draws attention to the reluctance of North of England speakers , for whom a long /a : / in dance is part of the Southern stereotype , to accommodate to this vowel , even though it is one that already exists in their system in words like half and dark . |
| 25 | She 's punishing Andrew for marrying Virginia , even though it was her own fault that he did so . " |
| 26 | Jed opened the door as usual , even though it was his own car . |
| 27 | There will be no complaints from 26-year-old Flowers , even though it was his self-confidence which seemed to infect an England team short of inspiration in the past two weeks . |
| 28 | But towards her he was being punctilious in a way which seemed slightly out of character , as though he did not quite know how to approach her , even though it was he who had brought her here . |