Example sentences of "even if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The no evidence doctrine was commonly taken to mean that a decision will not be regarded as outside of the jurisdiction of the decision-maker even if he reached his decision on no evidence . |
| 2 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |
| 3 | Even if he looked the same , she could not remember him . |
| 4 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 5 | Even if he 'd been rushed straight to hospital , they might not have been able to save him . |
| 6 | Even if he 'd sent in a flock of prime cattle , they 'd have known , after this , after St Hilarion , not to touch it . |
| 7 | He could n't have got rid of them anyway , even if he 'd wanted to . |
| 8 | But I never heard Trevor embarrass anyone , even if he 'd had one or two . |
| 9 | I believe that when the French were here , a man could enlist with the forces and still claim paternity for children born during his absence , even if he 'd been away a couple of years . ’ |
| 10 | I wished I could have felt any sort of advance enthusiasm , but I could n't have cared less if John had spent the week transforming the room into the Crystal Palace , or even if he 'd been laying everything waste with a meat-axe . |
| 11 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 12 | Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden . |
| 13 | Even if he 'd already identified me as his deadly rival , at that point it did n't have much relevance . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't think they 'd have been impressed even if he 'd told them |
| 15 | ‘ She is totally pure ! ’ he replied , and felt that he had to tell that lie , even if he went to hell there and then for it . |
| 16 | — I 'm not completely satisfied with Strandli , even if he scored . |
| 17 | Most homicides were unplanned , and few brought any benefit to the offender even if he avoided punishment . |
| 18 | He can not avoid the buck landing there , even if he continues to refuse to accept it . |
| 19 | The pianist was sensitive enough , even if he brought no great sense of individual character to the music as yet , and the orchestra competent but a little routine , and not well-enough focused rhythmically . |
| 20 | Such a result would leave Mr Smith , sponsored by the general workers , still able to win even if he failed to gain the support of most MPs or constituency parties . |
| 21 | The Doctor let out a long slow breath , and considered his options , since even if he succeeded in stopping Mait , there was always the risk of someone else finding this place the next time the stars were in the correct alignment . |
| 22 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 23 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |
| 24 | Even if he managed to get to a horse , he had a nasty suspicion that it would follow him at its own pace . |
| 25 | But there was no chance for him to rest in seclusion , even if he wished to do so — by April his brother was dying , and because of the urgency of the situation Eliot flew to New York on 22 April . |
| 26 | Although he suggests that the three possibilities need not be mutually exclusive , Baker 's sympathies clearly lie with the last of these ; but many scientists still need convincing that man can make use of a built-in magnetic compass , even if he possesses one . |
| 27 | I wondered if he would teach the right things and even if he knew enough himself ! |
| 28 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 29 | But even if he knew he was speaking with his own voice , rachmaninov , the eternal doubter , was n't happy with his structural abilities : he authorised the excision of three of the variations and the coda . |
| 30 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |