Example sentences of "he [modal v] not even [verb] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So now he could n't even bear to be with her . |
| 2 | When he was at school , but he used to go home for the Christmas holidays and nobody saw him again till about March cos he was , he could n't even get to Rothbury he was snowed in . |
| 3 | He could not even mention to Dinah that he felt uncertain , unsteady , blind with pain ; he could imagine her brisk reply ‘ Take it to a doctor . ’ |
| 4 | He would not even speak to her . |
| 5 | ‘ For years he would n't even talk to me . |
| 6 | Oh he would n't even go out with Sherry yet , and like he would n't even talk to her yet and like she 's in the fucking same school er er |
| 7 | He writes in that same letter ‘ I ca n't hate anything ’ , and he admits he ca n't even own to ‘ despair ’ . |