Example sentences of "even [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penman had even filled a port decanter , Alexandra noticed , deducing quite rightly , that as she would hardly drink any , Christmas munificence would prompt her to tell him to help himself . |
| 2 | So on Grand National day , he went to Worcester instead of Aintree and he even rode a winner — Three Dons in a novice hurdle . |
| 3 | He even rode a penny-farthing . |
| 4 | It even offers a model for change in the direction of an increase in rationality . |
| 5 | The past that historians study thus normally embraces , and even plays a part in shaping , the world they themselves inhabit . |
| 6 | West Germany was now part of the Western alliance , even pursuing a policy of co-operation with France through the policies of European unification . |
| 7 | ‘ Strangely enough , I have n't even heard a whisper about it , ’ he said . |
| 8 | She knew that he had two grown-up daughters of his own and would scarcely have approved of aiding and abetting or even allowing a girl of Liza 's age to be left in any compromising situation with a young married man . |
| 9 | There are an incredible variety of possibilities which would take three or four lifetimes of an artist — even using a computer . |
| 10 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 11 | He bought four rounds of double scotches last night and it did n't even make a hole in what he 'd got . ’ |
| 12 | One could even make a case for delaying it until the Club celebrates its Centenary Year 20 years hence . |
| 13 | Anyway , that Richardson sells smack so cheap he does n't even make a profit . ’ |
| 14 | Forty-five per cent of this group said that they could not even make a guess at the likely interest rate . |
| 15 | Pacy wing once told to give up rugby because he would never even make a club player . |
| 16 | Allen thought this ‘ a very ingratiating-type comment ’ with no substance and no meaning ; he did not even make a note of it . |
| 17 | Erm in fact you notice I did n't even make a note on it . |
| 18 | But the accountant could well be the guy that you went and played tennis with and the boy does n't even make a move unless he gets the accountant and |
| 19 | He had played the first round , but before he had a chance even to hit a ball in the second he was out of the pre-qualifier , suffering from injuries he had received in a car accident with his caddie . |
| 20 | I even passed a couple of oast houses where hops used to be dried after being picked by families of East Enders for a pittance and a daily beer ration . |
| 21 | ‘ … and wo n't even eat a mouthful in his own mother 's house any more . |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't we even eat a meal together occasionally ? |
| 23 | The fact is , USL 's total revenues for 1992 were about $90m and we even made a bit of a profit . |
| 24 | He even made a pot of tea and poured her a cup when she got up for work . |
| 25 | Yet it even made a suggestion to CSM that might have made a dent in its sales graph . |
| 26 | He even made a number of slips and repetitions that on a different evening he would have been quick to reprimand in others . |
| 27 | In them , she again described the work she did and the success she had achieved ; she gave details of her height , weight and false hair colour ; she even made a comment or two - as some of the men had in their letters — on her sexual preferences . |
| 28 | You could even cover a cone with macramé for a really exciting special flower holder . |
| 29 | ‘ A Sunday without even smelling a train , ’ exclaimed Vicky , ‘ what shall we do with such riches ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't even thread a needle , ’ says Julie , sighing . |