Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv] even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I do n't like sayin' so , mister , but I do n't even 'ave the price of a night 's lodging . |
| 3 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 4 | ‘ Your name , ’ Ivan continued , ‘ has been linked with Gabriel Denham 's , but I do n't even see him here tonight . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't even know her — and anyway , what on earth can you talk about ? |
| 6 | But I do n't even know enough to handle Caliban . |
| 7 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 8 | But I do not even have a vocabulary to describe the distinctive tang of a pear or a peach . |
| 9 | The teachers naturally thought , because you 're black , you must have some sort of athletic ability in you ; but I did n't even want to do athletics , at all . |
| 10 | Yes , I suppose I could have phoned , but I did n't even think of that alternative . ’ |
| 11 | I knew it from being a kid , but I did n't even know the name of it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I was offered a restaurant in Cheltenham about five years ago , but I did n't even consider it . |
| 13 | The truth was I really fancied going there but I did n't even have the money to bunk the tube . |
| 14 | All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that . |
| 15 | She did last night , but I did n't even catch her |
| 16 | ‘ But I did n't even recognise you for a minute there , and I did n't like the feeling . |
| 17 | ‘ But you do n't even like me . ’ |
| 18 | I know he said it in anger but you do n't even say things in anger if you do n't feel them and that really bothers me a bit . |
| 19 | but you do n't even know what . |
| 20 | But you do n't even know Craig properly so you 're not coming man . |
| 21 | ‘ But you did n't even consult me , ’ said Ken reproachfully when presently it occurred to him to ask what she 'd called the baby , and Wendy told him . |
| 22 | But you did n't even have a wife — at least , not one that you had any contact with . |
| 23 | But she did n't even look back . |
| 24 | Yes , she had all the chances , but she did n't even take a degree — threw herself into left-wing politics , and then got married . |
| 25 | About Hattie , she was n't in the concert cos she supposed to be ill but she did n't even come to watch and her parents came to watch her . |
| 26 | But we do n't even measure yet . |
| 27 | We represent other values , but we do n't even get to see what the US is doing . " |
| 28 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 29 | ‘ But we did n't even get an official reply . |
| 30 | She and her husband have only recently moved into their marital home and their first child is due at Christmas , but they do n't even know where they 'll be living this time next week . |