Example sentences of "even [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You still looked nine thirty and then could you make even or did you have to wait around ? |
| 2 | Even that surprised me until I found out afterwards that George had known about it all along ; I suppose they did n't want to risk him bringing it up first . |
| 3 | Only the graffiti was of the present , but even that had its roots in ancient hatreds . |
| 4 | Here are but three mistakes of your career , you would of at least think entering the world would be safe enough , but even that has its dangers . |
| 5 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 6 | Some people can ‘ feel ’ the presence nearby of massive objects ; even if blindfolded they would run little risk of walking into a wall . |
| 7 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 8 | But even if treating our awareness of our own mental states as topic-neutral plausibly explains why we are not aware of our brains as such when we are aware of our mental states , it does not explain why knowing fully about the brain does not include knowledge of the nature of experience . |
| 9 | He cringed from that single revelation of himself and of his motive , even while knowing it was n't really true to his nature , that the instance had come , gone and never would return . |
| 10 | Clarke explains his mysteries right into the ground , even while making his astronomical facts blossom . |
| 11 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 12 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 13 | Even while freeing its market at home , America found itself locked into the pernicious logic of government-to-government deals abroad . |
| 14 | It was Mark who had persuaded her to approach the bank for a loan , Mark who had suggested her old friend Linda George , who had graduated in business studies at the same time that Theresa had finished her fashion degree , should join forces with her to organise the commercial side , Mark who had given her enough confidence in herself for her to allow her mother to put up her house as security — something Theresa had fought against even whilst realising there was no other way to secure the loan she needed . |
| 15 | There are very different ways of presenting these old characters even whilst preserving their basic form . |
| 16 | So she dressed neatly , and helped in the harvest , and looked people calmly in the face , even when holding her baby in her arms . |
| 17 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
| 18 | The Arnoldian tradition relates art firmly to being in all its existential , moral and aesthetic modalities , but in so doing perhaps diminishes our awareness of the unique properties of the arts as arts ; conversely , while the continental schools in various ways direct our attention to the formal or technical properties of the arts ( even when contesting them ) , they perhaps risk losing the human frame of reference . |
| 19 | It proved an exhausting process , and even when accomplished there were fears that the Scots might attack during the night . |
| 20 | But the real problem is that no matter how reactionary their articles seem to be the writers still tend to be enmeshed in the thought patterns of the Straightworld even when deriding it , which can only work like walking on a treadmill towards the new World . |
| 21 | Even when parking his car he looked masterly , totally in control . |
| 22 | His mother , by contrast , is the most vividly realised character in the book : nervy , flirtatious and selfish , already on her third husband , she thinks primarily of her appearance , even when visiting her dying daughter , Francis 's twin . |
| 23 | Such places still exist but even when tackling them years ago it required a full team of professionals to make any worthwhile impression on the rabbits within . |
| 24 | Her answer was as cool as she could make it , with her head held high , even though holding it so steadily erect made her feel dizzy . |
| 25 | even though seeing them is not that different |
| 26 | Well did n't we , no we have n't told him what the fault is even though have we so |