Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] [conj] even a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To celebrate the arrival of two notables in town , I approached the mayor , well known for his Butchers Arms , and asked him to send a joint off the Old Dun Cow or even a Bulls Head . |
| 2 | Even so , if there are two of you working together an ordinary garden spade or even a shovel can be used by one man to fill in some holes while the other man uses the graft or long spade on a new excavation . |
| 3 | Some of the grander ideas have envisaged an all-embracing law of the environment , an entirely new international environmental protection agency and even a special environmental security council . |
| 4 | It 's still worth having your own cotton piqué shirt with soft collar , a good satin bow-tie and even a black or deep red pleated cummerbund as the cost of hiring extras does mount up . |
| 5 | A little used dining room or even a corridor or hall ? |
| 6 | A heavy contact to the opponent 's face may not merit just a verbal warning ; after consultation with the other members of the panel , the referee can go directly to a full point penalty or even a disqualification . |
| 7 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 8 | Speak to a Kenyan distance runner in the high hills of the Rift Valley , a Bulgarian hurdler , a Soviet pole vaulter or even a Chinese high jumper and though they may not understand a word of what you are saying , when you utter the words ‘ Andy Norman ’ lights will shine in eyes and heads will nod in recognition and they will search , sometimes desperately , for an interpreter . |
| 9 | Morrissey has a lovely singing voice and even a Cure roadie will find the tune charming . ’ |
| 10 | So alongside the tractors , is a 1930s Royal Enfield motorcycle and even a horsedrawn hoe called a Hereford skimmer . |