Example sentences of "even [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conditions were deliberately vague and even asked for suggestions regarding the siting of Westminster Bridge , although some work had already been carried out towards rebuilding the bridge on its existing site . |
| 2 | Work references from a licensed dealer are of dubious value , and rarely even asked for . |
| 3 | He wanted something done about it and even asked for a move . |
| 4 | She rarely even stopped for tea . |
| 5 | He even posed for the newspaper photographers , insisting only that they refrain from taking behind-the-bars type pictures . |
| 6 | Not many lives ago there were public hangings in this country and people certainly thought it was their right to watch and enjoy in fact , they even paid for seats to see public hangings , if they could afford to and as Mr has pointed out , er it 's not long ago er that bear baiting and badger baiting and cock fighting were seen as right and proper and no doubt spoken of as rights of free born Englishmen . |
| 7 | I had decided I would try to murder Esmerelda before she and her parents even arrived for their holiday . |
| 8 | I mean , she even cooked for you . ’ |
| 9 | In time , he was welcomed back to the Salvation Army , who even arranged for a star bearing his name to be laid on Hollywood Boulevard alongside those of the great movie stars . |
| 10 | On the English side Hugh Calveley , having at first sold his services in Spain to du Guesclin , changed sides and served the Black Prince there in 1367 ; later he was to join John of Gaunt , and he even worked for Richard II in France . |
| 11 | We broke nuts and bones with rocks , and we even fished for termites with sticks , the way chimps do . ’ |
| 12 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 13 | She even apologized for having been poor company on the journey . |
| 14 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 15 | This first serial , grandiose as its plot sounds , was a live production , not even telerecorded for posterity due to cost factors . |
| 16 | Mr Hunt even voted for Hezza in the post-Thatcher leadership stakes . |
| 17 | At many moments of weakness , or love , Thomas had spent far more money than he could afford or even wished for the sake of Simon 's joy in the holidays . |
| 18 | It was half-term for schools and local children were much in evidence at the opening ; some even queued for the chairman 's autograph ! |
| 19 | Dexter even wondered for a moment whether he was drunk . |