Example sentences of "[modal v] even [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , I do n't know if I should even be talking about it . ’ |
| 2 | All the rule books seem to say you must wear some sort of jacket — the BSJA naturally stipulate the colours — and in some classes it should even be tweed . |
| 3 | In evidence to us , the Finance Houses Association and Consumer Credit Trade Association both said they would like to see more use of credit insurance here ; the Birmingham Money Advice Centre suggested that it should even be compulsory above a certain level of commitment , say £100 . |
| 4 | The world is full of unlovely places and we should even be grateful that people are prepared to do important work in uncongenial surroundings like prisons , operating theatres , field hospitals , soap factories , coal-mines , and sewage farms . |
| 5 | We should even be able to move mountains if we have enough faith . |
| 6 | If the post is a pivotal one , consideration should even be given to advertising it in the local press and community newspapers . |
| 7 | Or if it should even be near that radiator . |
| 8 | There 'll even be eating races for both human and canine competitors . |
| 9 | I 'll even be fighting on the way out . ’ |
| 10 | " And one day perhaps I 'll even be mum to a boy child , like all of you . |
| 11 | By the time I 'm finished , you might be so organised you 'll even be able to find time for your wife . ’ |
| 12 | In fact I 'll even be super-optimistic for me and predict a clean sheet with Quinn 's injury . |
| 13 | Oxfam says it 's unlikely they 'll even be able to sell toys that originally had a CE mark . |
| 14 | I 'll even be doing the high kicks Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks . |
| 15 | You 'll even be open to the suggestions and ideas of others . |
| 16 | From today members of the parleg public will be able to learn all about the lambing process and they 'll even be allowed to watch as some of the rare sheep kept there give birth . |
| 17 | ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value . |
| 18 | It would be better , it might even be bearable , if only he knew what had become of James . |
| 19 | There might even be a case for a standardised calculator to be used in all A , AS and GCSE examinations nationally . |
| 20 | She might not be able to produce the required number of sons or she might produce only daughters or she might even be childless . |
| 21 | There might even be , one day , warm water ports in the Arctic . |
| 22 | All this means that Mr Major has improved his chances of succeeding Mrs Thatcher and might even be a serious contender if she retired early . |
| 23 | Moreover , for all we know about the nature of thought , it might be possible , it might even be necessary , that the substances whose succession could continue a personal consciousness are material , not immaterial at all . |
| 24 | At first it seemed that his career might even be over , but he fought back . |
| 25 | Of course it might even be something more dramatic like leukaemia . |
| 26 | The house , in outline , looked quite snug , she might even be asleep by this time . |
| 27 | And it might even be said that it is from this , far more than from early Christianity , that we have inherited our sense of the dubious physical nature of the female , and our idea that the human norm is male and that to be female is in itself a pathological state . |
| 28 | Good heavens , she might even be relieved ! |
| 29 | There is plenty of choice , starting with TSB in the high street , and there might even be NatWest . |
| 30 | In an odd sort of way , it might even be a boast . |