Example sentences of "for even [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Participants were so delighted with the success of the whole event that another such afternoon was called for even before this one was quite over . |
| 2 | After dinner in the drawing-room the children , fierce now with the determination to stay awake on such an evening — for even though dinner had been very early to accommodate them , they had all been awake since dawn — clamoured for games . |
| 3 | They did not delay their marriage until they had received their inheritance , and younger sons and daughters were provided for even though the formal system was primogeniture . |
| 4 | For even as she said it she knew that they would . |
| 5 | For even as he was being celebrated for standing up to China , Mr Patten was trying to transmit the message that there is a difference between trade and economics , on the one hand , and politics on the other . |
| 6 | For even as he recognised its horror he still retained the possibility that it might be available , as a way out . |
| 7 | But he 'd seen her hurt , she realised , for even as she made a dash for the door , he caught up with her and , to her astonishment , there was not a scrap of aggression in him as he groaned , ‘ Oh , lord , ’ and more astonishingly , he gently put his arms around her . |
| 8 | We were never without one for even when your friends were unavailable , it was still possible to have splendid games just bouncing the ball against a wall and catching it , something that gave hours of pleasure and , what was more important , trained the eye . |
| 9 | But this does not explain the state 's overall function , ; for even when it is controlled by officials drawn from other classes , it continues to serve the political interest of the hegemonic fraction . |
| 10 | This could apply to almost all of the play 's characters — for even if they can not live up to their ideals , at least they have some . |
| 11 | It should be remembered that the position is different in a shop , whether self-service or otherwise , where ownership does not pass to the alleged thief the buyer , until the goods have been paid for even if the buyer obtains possession before payment . |
| 12 | She had assumed all along that the only reason her father could possibly have for even considering selling the club was concern that she , Rory , could n't cope with running it , that it would prove too much of a burden for her — that it would hold her back from her own career . |