Example sentences of "even [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penman had even filled a port decanter , Alexandra noticed , deducing quite rightly , that as she would hardly drink any , Christmas munificence would prompt her to tell him to help himself . |
| 2 | ‘ Strangely enough , I have n't even heard a whisper about it , ’ he said . |
| 3 | People were stopping outside the office where it took place and whispering to each other — someone had even placed a bouquet of flowers at the door that morning . |
| 4 | While it has been widely recognized that both plural and singular references are possible under many circumstances ( Eschenbach , Habel , Herweg & Rehkämper 1989 ; Garrod & Sanford 1982 ) , the present results reveal just how prevalent singulars can be , even given a grammatical grouping cue like and . |
| 5 | But even given a generous approach to this construction , I find it impossible to attach the breadth of meaning to the word ‘ question ’ which the Attorney-General urges . |
| 6 | Sir Francis records his pique that , having made these efforts , he was not even given a free ticket for the Coronation and had to buy his own . |
| 7 | It strings a series of acceptably lucky events ( random mutations ) together in a nonrandom sequence so that , at the end of the sequence , the finished product carries the illusion of being very very lucky indeed , far too improbable to have come about by chance alone , even given a timespan millions of times longer than the age of the universe so far . |
| 8 | Later , when tempers had cooled , her father , Mirza Farkunda Zamal , had been awarded a pension by the penitent British authorities ; he was even given a seat of honour at the first Delhi Durbar in 1877 . |
| 9 | So far the Government have not even given a commitment to reimburse the full cost of that . |
| 10 | You should n't have even given a sign all that you recognized that man . |
| 11 | Some feminist psychologists have even developed a kind of biological egalitarianism as a corrective to psychology 's male-oriented biological theories . |
| 12 | While I was with him I even developed a liking for steak tartar . |
| 13 | The pig has even developed a taste for bones . |
| 14 | Since Hannah lived in total isolation for more than twenty-five years , never married or even formed a relation ship with a man , it is not surprising that most of the care and affection she had to offer was lavished on animals . |
| 15 | At British Airways , Lord King 's recent pay rise from 178,000 to 386,000 even provoked a disapproving comment from the Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've only had twelve hours ’ flying instruction and flown one solo — never even frightened a German — but people keep telling me I 've saved Britain . |
| 17 | But he had not even caught a glimpse of a young girl . |
| 18 | The boys knew all the local hostelries and Jimmy even owned a car , a rather wheezy Austin 7 , which had certainly seen its best days but still managed to clank around the country lanes when petrol was available . |
| 19 | Futile pastime : memorising the Latin names of 150 fish species when they 've never even owned a goldfish . |
| 20 | Religion , or what the Chinese used to call " the mandate of heaven " , has not been entirely displaced , and in the Islamic world has even enjoyed a revival . |
| 21 | Most lodges include a microwave and food processor for extra convenience , and we 've even included a heated rail for tea towels . |
| 22 | ( We 've even included a baby sitting service ! ) |
| 23 | At Easter , visitors even included a senior executive of Euro Disney with his wife and kids in tow . |
| 24 | The new , Kixx-produced packaging tells you all you need to know about the controls and special weapons ; it even included a few tips on baddie bashing , but gives no idea as to how you came to be doing it or why ! |
| 25 | ‘ It even included a piece by Anthony Burgess — not a figure usually associated with the alternative culture — on ‘ flower language ’ . |
| 26 | So they all have somewhere to unwind after work , De Niro has even installed a restaurant downstairs , the deliberately downhome Tribeca Bar and Grill . |
| 27 | But the van-dals even slashed a toy polar bear which was due to be raffled for the appeal . |
| 28 | The family loving superstar even organised a secret gathering of the clan in Bath in October 1988 , booking Dennis , Joan , Dilys and Dennis 's sister and brother-in-law Nancy and David into the luxurious Beaufort Arms Hotel for a night . |
| 29 | Some joker had even added a tin of Doggie Dins . |
| 30 | The cache system survives , and I 've even added a couple of petrol bombs to one or two of the secret stores , where a likely avenue of attack comes in over terrain the bottles would smash on , but the trip-wires I 've dismantled and left in the shed . |