Example sentences of "[adv] if it [vb past] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated .
2 Even if it had gone rotten . ’
3 She had never really forgotten any of it , of course , how could she forget something that had consumed her so completely , even if it had lasted such a short time ?
4 He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize .
5 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
6 Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November .
7 But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time .
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