Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where they did , there was a fair degree of flexibility . |
| 2 | One would never roll one 's own , even if one did smoke . |
| 3 | Apart from the fact that a fully satisfactory solution is available without the need to assume that truncated clauses lurk beneath predicate qualifiers , there would be good reasons for discounting the possibility , even if one did not initially accept the intensional pattern of ( 15 ) as valid . |
| 4 | But the families in the little awkward places , at the heads of the small glens , on boggy ground that would not drain — they were nearly helpless , they trembled on the threshold of destitution , impaled on the horn of the one-year lease , uncertain whether it was worth going into debt to improve the ground and knowing that , even if they did , they could still be turned out next term day and their place annexed to the holding of a better-off neighbour . |
| 5 | I wanted their approval , even if they did smell so terrible , the reek of their hair in its stiff , bright tufts mixing with the fumes of alcohol . |
| 6 | When we read in the Roslavl' files that twenty-three agitator brigades were dispatched to villages in order to celebrate international Women 's Day , it is hard to imagine that they ever came across our peasant woman from Struga , and even more difficult to believe that they would have much impact on her ways of thinking even if they did . |
| 7 | Not all could , or would , do this but , even if they did , the problem that patients might choose the type of food because of habit rather than careful deliberation still exists . |
| 8 | Even if they did not speculate , many could raise warrant bonds at yields of 3–5% and put the money in bank deposits at higher rates . |
| 9 | ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . ) |
| 10 | The claws on the crane did n't seem to close properly so that , even if they did manage to get a grip on a tube of sweets or a pink plastic comb , the prizes always slipped out again as soon as the crane started to lift them . |
| 11 | Usually , no doubt , the audience shared the unstated assumptions , but even if they did not , it would have been a solecism to answer the question . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , even if they did not get it wrong , their discomfiture is a matter of concern for the whole market research industry , of which political opinion polling accounts for a small but very visible part of an estimated UK turnover of more than £300 million . |
| 13 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 14 | Even if they did , the breakdown of just 2 per cent of the paper in the cup would give off methane to match the greenhouse warming potential produced by all the pentane gas used to ‘ blow ’ the foam of a polystyrene cup . |
| 15 | However , once you have safely navigated the Full Moon on the 14th — and managed to reassure someone that you 'd love them even if they did n't have a bean — then the remainder of this month should be magic time . |
| 16 | But even if they did not , the style demanded players of exceptional calibre — who were becoming increasingly rare — and a manager capable of moulding them into an effective outfit ; in this no one measured up to Chapman . |
| 17 | But , even if they did , experience shows that people usually react far too slowly to an alarm , particularly in the middle of the night . |
| 18 | That the children liked him he knew for , even if they did mock , gesture rudely and scream and call , they did so with a laugh . |
| 19 | Heathen savages are unlikely to belong to any church and even if they did there 's no blessing for a fool who takes his own life . ’ |
| 20 | Verily , your axe strikes true when you suggest that some ca n't spend more on software , even if they did n't pirate — but is this any excuse for stealing ? |
| 21 | Even if they did , how would you prove they were yours ? |
| 22 | Do n't pretend it was all the other driver 's fault , even if they did crash into the back of you , or were driving recklessly . |
| 23 | Even if they did n't , why should they split with him ? |
| 24 | I think that 's rather cute , coming from someone who led , before , during and after a race weekend , the kind of life that would exhaust most even if they did not , additionally , have to engage in one of the most physically demanding sports in the world . |
| 25 | No-one will deny — and even if they did , few would dare say so — that Clough has been a magnificently accomplished football manager , blessed with an alchemy denied to others . |
| 26 | When my sons went to the village school there was respect and they knew that they could not ‘ nannick ’ about in school , even if they did while on the way there . |
| 27 | Even if they did not do anything . |
| 28 | Such diverse figures as McLeod Campbell , Schaff , Hodge and Ritschl began to insist ( even if they did not always fully carry it through ) that the person and work of Christ must determine the whole shape of Christian thinking . |
| 29 | It is however not at all obvious that the results yield the conclusion that Griffin draws , nor is it clear that even if they did we would have evidence for saying more than that the creatures recognise their own bodies . |
| 30 | In short , teachers are helped to offer all children , as Quinton put it when reporting his and Rutter 's findings ( 1988 ) on the healing effects of teachers on children in even severe adversity , ‘ good school experiences , such as some form of success , accomplishment , sense of self-esteem or just pleasure in school activities ’ , with consequent better adjustment in adult life — even if they did not always seem to have an immediate effect ( ! ) . |