Example sentences of "even [subord] i 'd [be] " in BNC.

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1 I was never really happy about the explanation but I had no proof of my own misgivings about it and anyway I would n't have known where to start looking even if I 'd been convinced then that she was alive . ’
2 But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass .
3 ‘ They would n't have taken 'im even if I 'd been willing to part with 'im , me being a widow .
4 I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’
5 Oh yes , I knew where he was , even though I 'd been unconscious going in and coming out , because I 'd been there before .
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