Example sentences of "[conj] even [art] [noun sg] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 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 | The submissive spouse or even the martyr may be giving rein in an oblique way to a desire for mental or physical pain . |
| 4 | So it would seem that even a defence may be an abuse of process if it is not based on private rights . |
| 5 | Indeed this is a challenge that even the materialist should be willing to accept . |
| 6 | But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter . |
| 7 | It was four hours before even the body could be removed . |