Example sentences of "even [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 In Kempe 's case the problem is slightly eased by the fact that even she recognised her state after the birth of her first child as a sickness of mind and we should not regard this as an isolated episode of ‘ puerperal psychosis ’ that was unconnected with her continuing aberrant behaviour .
2 The only civilian is a confused old woman wandering around with her life 's possessions in two plastic bags , and even she has her documents checked .
3 The park , unlikely though it might seem , was not a job , not a political ideology , not a way of filling in the weary hours until she was old enough to retire , not even something to spite her mother with once and for all while she accepted everything else from her .
4 Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer , but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours .
5 Desmond Fairchild was the only one who addressed her directly , and even he removed his hat for the occasion , standing deferentially in front of her , head unaccustomedly bowed as she stood , pigeon-toed in ballet slippers , sipping her coffee at the foyer bar .
6 DEREK LAMBERT breeds fish for a living — but even he has his failures — as his frustrations with Aspidoras catfish show .
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