Example sentences of "even [subord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe .
2 Some people can ‘ feel ’ the presence nearby of massive objects ; even if blindfolded they would run little risk of walking into a wall .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 even though seeing them is not that different
13 Well did n't we , no we have n't told him what the fault is even though have we so
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