Example sentences of "even as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as recession seems at last to be easing , the strains that recession has helped to create between booksellers and publishers were brought quickly to the fore at the Booksellers Association annual conference in Torquay this week . |
| 2 | Even as Felix drifted into sleep he thought it an evil omen . |
| 3 | In a country that has known hosepipe bans in autumn even as gardens disappear under floodwater , it is reasonable to wonder how much good the downpour of the past 48 hours has achieved . |
| 4 | But even as fury blazed like an inferno within her , she knew it was directed at herself as much as at him . |
| 5 | Even as Rincewind stared in horror the Hero 's sword was wrenched from his grasp and hurled against a wall . |
| 6 | And yet , even as determination rose within her to right the wrongs that had been done her father and to make the name of Thomas Grenfell respected again in Swansea , she was trembling with fear . |
| 7 | Even as Guppy stood alongside Viscount Althorp in St Mary 's Church , at Great Brinton , near Althorp , the plan for that perfect crime was allegedly under way . |
| 8 | But even as men enter into relations of honourable alliance with each other , it is with an unspoken but ever-present understanding : ‘ I do n't desire you , I desire to be like you ’ . |
| 9 | Its substance reformed and repaired itself , recoagulating and stiffening even as Jaq hewed with his power axe and as his companions lasered . |
| 10 | The solitary applauder was the young man in the scarf , but even as George looked at him , another man joined in , then a woman , and gradually the sound built up until several hands were clapping , but not loudly enough to drown the boos and shouts other members of the audience were producing . |
| 11 | FIDO simply ignored that fact , even as admissions slumped in 1957 to just above the 900-million mark . |
| 12 | A middle-aged woman with cropped grey hair was in the pool , apparently supervising the party , but even as Rachel watched in amazement the figure behind the chair stepped forward and with a shock she saw it was David . |
| 13 | Even as Rachel flitted before us down passageways and galleries , I could feel other presences , as if ghosts hiding in the shadows watched her pass then trailed behind us , looking for some weakness they could exploit . |
| 14 | They did n't lose consciousness even as blood gushed from their throats . |
| 15 | Even as recognition flashed into his mind , Ockleton pulled in by the hedge and stopped the car . |