Example sentences of "even managed [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | We even managed to acquire a small grant towards the costs , as the house had been declared uninhabitable and was zero-rated ( in the pre-Poll Tax era ) . |
2 | Ever the gentleman he even managed to pick a Michael Fallon sticker off the bottom of a ladies ' shoe , only to get it stuck on his own . |
3 | He even managed to delay the founding declarations on Saturday , despite being whistled and booed from the hall . |
4 | Ann and I even managed to find a boat and ventured out fishing on Dunalister Reservoir , a shallow , flooded loch between Rannoch and Tummel , formed when the waters of Rannoch were impounded as part of the Pitlochry Hydro Electric Scheme . |
5 | We even managed to get the disks out of the country , via the British Embassy in Baghdad . |
6 | He even managed to get an extension of the unpopular excise to cover first wine , then alchohol generally . |
7 | I even managed to sneak a ride on the engine , changing at one end to the other , just going out , round and coming back on then . |
8 | He even managed to bring a touch of real culture to the island , having arrived with tea ( leaves not bags ) and a teapot . |
9 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
10 | He even managed to reform the British judiciary . |