Example sentences of "[not/n't] even [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built around a supremely non-standard hardware configuration , costly to acquire and complex to use , it was not even supported by a steady subsequent flow of new , compatible software so the investment in the hardware could be amortised across a range of classroom applications . |
| 2 | He did not even pretend to a crushing burden of work , only enough to complain comfortably about . |
| 3 | Some of honest and good heart would not even speak to a Christian as late as the mid-third century , by which date the Christian story and way of life had become well known , because they suspected them of enormities . |
| 4 | He is said to have derogated the picture as ‘ just juggling about ’ and ‘ copying others ’ , and that the picture would not even serve as a good poster . |
| 5 | The miners ' representatives had not even pressed for a free trade union , though they had demanded the removal of trade union officials whom they did not like or trust . |
| 6 | The distinguished Scots ecologist Adam Watson believes that the native pinewoods can not even survive without a great initial reduction in deer numbers followed by a regular programme of culling . |
| 7 | It is the resulting harm ( death ) which still dominates , as is evident from the fact that many forms of conduct fall within the law of manslaughter if death happens to result , whereas they would not even amount to a serious offence if a consequence less than death had ensued . |
| 8 | They work incredibly long hours with no day of rest for a monthly income which in the United States would not even amount to a basic daily wage . |
| 9 | Centaurus almost surrounds the Cross , and until the seventeenth century the Cross was not even classed as a separate constellation . |
| 10 | You ca n't even go through a whole book being called Nigel . |
| 11 | Oh , God , I 'm so pissed off I ca n't even think of a decent comparison . |
| 12 | You do n't even have to a good d-i-yer to erect an attractive arch or pergola in your garden . |