Example sentences of "even if i have [be] " in BNC.

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1 But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’
2 Even if I had been sufficiently knowledgeable about the NHS funding system to counter his arguments , I still would n't have felt up to political sparring .
3 I could have run away , but I had no money and , even if I had been able to borrow it , I should still have been too frightened because I had nowhere to run to .
4 I was never really happy about the explanation but I had no proof of my own misgivings about it and anyway I would n't have known where to start looking even if I 'd been convinced then that she was alive . ’
5 But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass .
6 ‘ They would n't have taken 'im even if I 'd been willing to part with 'im , me being a widow .
7 I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’
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