Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [conj] even [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was so poor that even the dead rats in the street looked as though they had died of hunger . |
| 2 | And everything about her , her long nightdress and the mist she was held in , was so golden-red that even the dark gold skin of her lovely face had a reddish tinge to it . |
| 3 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 4 | The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it alone . |
| 5 | His good humour was so infectious that even the fräulein managed a wan smile . |
| 6 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 7 | They argued that it was often non-culpable since even the most respectable workers could not always save sufficient to provide for old age — a hazard which not all could expect to live to experience and whose length was uncertain . |