Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] knew [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent the technology people are to blame for being too optimistic but they realised that if they spelled out the true uncertainty ( even if they knew it ) there would have been no investment at all , In the end the project is abandoned or has become so expensive that it can never be profitable . |
| 2 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |
| 3 | that , even if we knew it once again , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |
| 7 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 8 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
| 9 | And the strangest thing of all — and I 'm sure you noticed it too — she denied delivering me even before she knew who my mother was . ’ |
| 10 | I panicked even before I knew he was murdered . ’ |
| 11 | Similarly , whereas over half of the sample ( 57 per cent ) admitted to always or mostly continuing to drink even when they knew they were intoxicated , at the end of the course 60 per cent said this rarely or never occurred . |
| 12 | Even when they knew he was going through a bad patch they would continue to deliver dangerous back-passes to him . |
| 13 | People were drawn to him almost against their will , even when they knew his faults . |
| 14 | However , the overwhelming majority of those inhabitants of the subcontinent who adhered to Islam had no sense of identification with the dynasty ( even when they knew it existed ) and the fact that the dynasty was Muslim had little to do with its exercise of power . |
| 15 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
| 16 | Even when you knew you were going to blush , thought Catriona , you could never do anything about it . |
| 17 | Mr Jones said : ‘ Even when she knew she was dying , her concern was for other people , not herself . |
| 18 | Even when he knew she was speaking the truth about Dana he would continue to think she was out for all she could get , and she had only herself to blame . |
| 19 | And in fact we said that we would be able to start it on the , at the beginning of May , even though we knew we would n't , we thought we 'd say that |
| 20 | Even though we knew it was little girls he 'd be after , not little boys … ’ |
| 21 | This story had been used extensively by the Americans to drum up support against Gadaffi in the tame sections of the Western media even though they knew it was untrue . |
| 22 | Acid rose in her throat and , even though she knew her anger was , in truth , directed at Marianne , she could n't prevent it from spilling into her words . |
| 23 | Eventually he asked her out , and , even though she knew her parents strongly disapproved of the flashy young man from London , she disobeyed them and started sneaking out of the house every night when they were asleep , to meet him . |
| 24 | Not Rhoda Brocklebank , even though she knew everybody , and was certainly more deeply linked with William Egan than she had admitted ; not her because she was not emotionally involved with the Pitts . |
| 25 | He had the unhappy knack of putting her back up , even though she knew he was right . |
| 26 | Even though she knew she was playing with fire , knew exactly how vulnerable she was , Shannon wanted to laugh in his arrogant face . |
| 27 | She turned away , feeling sick at heart , even though she knew she should be glad . |
| 28 | She winced , surprised to find how much she was hurt by the stinging acid in his voice , even though she knew she 'd brought it on herself . |
| 29 | She came yesterday afternoon , even though she knew it was n't my afternoon , hoping to find you , but of course you had gone to the Rectory , and begged me to persuade you to go to Langley Dene on Saturday . |
| 30 | Even though she knew it was illogical , the thought briefly took the edge off her enjoyment . |