Example sentences of "even if [pers pn] have have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The books of Mary Somerville ( e.g. , On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences , 1834 ) proved valuable to men of science wanting to keep up with what was going on in other fields , and unable to understand it all even if they had had time to read it .
2 In one direction you will see the normal wave movement of the needles knitting , but in the other direction the needles hardly move at all , that is they SLIP ( and , even if you 'd had yarn threaded and stitches on the needles , they would n't have knitted on this row ) .
3 Even if I 've had doubt , I tried not to show it .
4 Even if I had had pencil and paper on me , I would not have cared to leave a note where someone else might see it first .
5 However , even if I 'd had access to the book at the time — he gave a signed copy to Mrs Goreng when he left and another to the American woman journalist , which I accounted a waste-it would not have been wise to argue .
6 He pulled her with him to a more secure place , but there was n't a chance of speaking even if she 'd had breath or invention .
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