Example sentences of "and even [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Forget all this romantic stuff about tossing it up , batsmen careering down the pitch to slog it up in the air , and even slipping in the occasional chinaman . |
| 2 | Moving still further inland , she dispensed with the trappings of the colonial lifestyle — she drank unboiled water , used no mosquito-net , walked barefoot , and even went without the indispensable hat . |
| 3 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 4 | From simple pastimes such as hiking in the company of qualified guides , to tennis , to golf , riding , fishing , rafting , mountain biking and even paragliding for the adventurous , Saalbach-Hinterglemm has it all . |
| 5 | Squeaking and even gasping with the great good humour of it all . |
| 6 | The dog , which was hardly backed at 5–1 , clocked a tremendous 27.47 secs for the 450 metres trip , and even allowing for the +30 going still ‘ found ’ 47 spots . |
| 7 | In all this work , Marx , and to a lesser extent , Engels , foreshadow later anthropology and even run into the same technical difficulties concerning what term to use for pre-capitalist property systems , thereby showing how close they are to modern scholars . |
| 8 | For various reasons including the growth of the elderly population , the fall in the birth rate , the increase in the number of young adults and the rising divorce rate , the long-term trend towards smaller average household size has continued and even accelerated over the past two decades . |
| 9 | It is brought out clearly , and even contrasted with the Hebrew view , in the Epistle to the Hebrews , 9 : 25–6 : ‘ Nor yet that he should offer himself often , as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others ; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world ; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . ’ |
| 10 | Although Bede discusses the theory of the ‘ four ages ’ and even refers to the alternative concept of the ‘ six ages ’ , he makes no mention of the ‘ seven ages ’ later described by Shakespeare . |
| 11 | This implies that workers and union leaders felt themselves protected and even encouraged by the presidential power . |
| 12 | Joseph visited Lapwai with increasing frequency , and even participated in the old-time procession of warriors at the raucous 4th July celebrations . |
| 13 | Of course , those who , like Bishop Blougram , find it possible to share and even sympathise with the intellectual misgivings of the unbeliever , do not easily waver in their understanding . |
| 14 | The other important contribution that the association made was to establish a bi-annual show , a show which became the talk of the art scene in the city to such an extent that the members could look forward to their work being seen , in the prestigious rooms of the Academy of Arts , written about and even bought by the cultural who included the Kaiser , ( his taste was somewhat shaky , but he was the Kaiser ) . |
| 15 | It not only covered ships passing to and fro through the Strait , but also included reports of Argentine air strikes , naval activity , including the sinking of the Belgrano , and even references to the British helicopter that had landed on the coast of the Magellan Strait almost opposite Punta Arenas , and had been destroyed by its pilot . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , he got sculpted and frescoed and painted and even woven into the bloody Bayeux tapestry dressed as a Norman soldier . |
| 17 | These gains could be balanced out and even reversed in the remaining states . |