Example sentences of "even [conj] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | a man of trained hand , eye , and brain ; disciplined and good mannered ; of sound muscle and fully developed lungs ; with a general knowledge of common tools and simple machines ; able to read a plan and make a drawing to scale ; ready to undertake any kind of unspecialised work , ; and competent , even if he does unskilled work , to do it ‘ with his head ’ . |
2 | The hunter is thus motivated primarily by self-interest and pragmatism — the fear of possible retribution — even if he expresses these motives in religious and moral terms . |
3 | So Mr MacGregor 's hard work may yet come to grief , even if he sorts that problem out there 's another obstacle to privatization running smoothly , many on the railways think the private sector will need a generous subsidy before they 'd be interested , if their not attracted the state will have to spend more to make the new structure work , a lot more . |
4 | And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ? |
5 | Even if he has fewer votes than his competitors jointly , he is still the winner by virtue of having more votes than any one of them . |
6 | Even before he intervened last November , Sir Anthony had indicated the DTI might have a case to answer . |
7 | Wagner began to assume in his mind a heroic , aesthetic , Schopenhauerian status , so that it was natural for him to couple the two even before he had any reason to suppose that Wagner was at all interested in the philosopher . |
8 | Claiming that a coup was being planned even before he introduced economic austerity policies on taking office three years previously , Pérez told foreign correspondents on Feb. 9 that he intended to continue with his economic policies but would bring forward a $4,000 million social project to improve health care , education and social welfare over the next four years . |
9 | She would inevitably interpret it as some kind of macho statement about the fact that even as he entertained one woman in his flat , another was on her way upstairs with … what on her mind ? |
10 | Gary , even as he spoke these words , had an uncomfortable vision of Nutty 's harsh determination , and felt slightly uneasy . |
11 | Even when he had clear sight of goal , England 's number two goalkeeper saved with his legs from his 44th minute close-range cracker . |
12 | Deny the humanity of any man — even when he commits inhuman acts — and you diminish your own . |
13 | She appeared quite uninterested in Pogo 's exploits on the field , even when he scored several goals . |
14 | Lee built a fair side for Newcastle — but he did n't want Supermac in it , even though he scored 25 goals a season and was a hero to the fans . |
15 | Hopper held his own in a hard , heavy-hitting first round in which he took the fight to Parsons , even though he took some punishment . |
16 | What 's he like and , he 's got ta go past me before he has , ee just messing about so he says I still did n't give it any more thought even though he had foreign surname and I thought , yeah did n't think of it . |
17 | Even though he exhibited less humour than Ibsen on a bad night , the frantic phone calls just mentioned — by the conquering Germans from Oslo to Berlin trying to get the importunate Foerer off their backs — offer clear elements of farce . |