Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 2 | The pagan world was familiar with the widespread beliefs that sexual contact between man and woman hindered the soul 's rise to higher things , and even that one who has been favoured with the love of a god ought to forgo mortal love . |
| 3 | If you commit an act which is specifically prohibited , you may lose your job even if what you have done is not usually regarded as quite so reprehensible in other organisations . |
| 4 | At last she said slowly , ‘ What I mean is , looking back over the past is always a bit sad , even if what you 're remembering is happy times , because it 's over and done . |
| 5 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
| 6 | Other than that , it was important that she should look interesting so that even if what she said was dull the audience would not be bored ; that the outfit should take account of the long range view — jewellery or other small items were irrelevant — and that it should draw attention to her face . |
| 7 | Thus to love or hate you , it may not be enough that your actions in your own interests make all the difference between success and failure for my highest hopes ; but it may be enough , even if nothing you do has any bearing on my projects , that in being drawn to or shrinking from your viewpoint I feel myself in touch with a personality of which the total pattern attracts or repels my own . |
| 8 | It is not logically impossible , he claims , that there should be different specimens of qualitatively indiscernible monads ( even if we ourselves might not be able to discern them ) . |
| 9 | A complementarity between scientific and theological interpretation was still possible , even if he himself preferred to remain agnostic . |
| 10 | Underlying such accounts was an image of fraternal and cousinly solidarities and loyalties : if an outsider harmed your brother , you had to come to his support , even if you yourself were in dispute with him . |
| 11 | To achieve anything in an organization such as I have described requires an endless study and understanding of the politics of what is going on , even if you yourself are not politically inclined . |
| 12 | Because even if you you have sat down and spoken to somebody about the project for five minutes , and given them all the other information , |
| 13 | idea to get it going and get it off the ground even if you you put your beer on at , well I just thought of couple Boddingtons put their they 're they 're gon na put their , they 're gon na put there 's at a pound a pint . |
| 14 | So er we achieved something there , even if it you know it it put the frighteners up the chap , police looking out the windows and you know , saw our reaction when the police turn up , it makes them think again . |
| 15 | The action must take place against a backdrop of some description , even if it it is a blank black curtain . |
| 16 | Even before it I wanted you back with me , was ashamed of what I said , and afterwards … |
| 17 | He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing . |
| 18 | Mr Howell had debts of £500,000 even after everything he owned had been sold . |
| 19 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |
| 20 | The Chewong do not perceive these activities as expressing any anger or aggressive feelings , however , even when they themselves are the victims . |
| 21 | So the media , even when anything you do depends on your size , yo your image is all for a woman , your brain or your ability really comes way down the line ! |
| 22 | I said , well even when you you know , I do the finishes |
| 23 | To me she looks very thin even though what we 're feeding her . |
| 24 | There are days when some of our residents are quite determined that you are going to enable them to do what they want to do , even though what they want to do is completely ridiculous , like going out in the rain without a coat on . |
| 25 | Yes I mean even though what I was saying about do n't worry about the , the , the headlines , you know , it it is there you are , and the last one , but you 're actually just giving someone a clue if they wanted to , or if they wanted to find out very briefly what it is about . |
| 26 | Thus , homosexual prisoners were often tainted by the crimes of homosexual guards — even though they themselves were often the victims , ( pp. 166–7 ) . |
| 27 | This means they can enjoy a higher standard of living even though they themselves do not work harder to produce more . |
| 28 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 29 | Cross-cultural differences are difficult to research even though anyone who works in different cultures will assure you they exist . |
| 30 | Here the girl died , but on other occasions the message is sometimes that women 's actions may have dire consequences for the fragile male , even though she herself may be unharmed . |