Example sentences of "do [adv] even [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not even entertain the possibility that it will not . |
| 2 | Even the all-white cotton garments , the mainstay of the inventory , posed an unexpected problem in the U S because these items had to be ironed , starched too if possible ; many Americans do not even possess an iron , let alone use one . |
| 3 | In some countries a large majority of the electorate do not even exercise the right to vote . |
| 4 | Some patients do not even get the chance of surgery because they have waited too long . |
| 5 | But I do not even have a vocabulary to describe the distinctive tang of a pear or a peach . |
| 6 | Although the numbers have fallen in the last decade , a high proportion of the world 's children do not even have the opportunity of having protection from some of the major childhood killers , diseases for which vaccines are available — measles for example is a major cause of childhood mortality . |
| 7 | Crowded together with no room to move ( the proverbial ‘ five laying hens ’ in today 's battery cage do not even have the space to stand up together — one or more must crouch ) , animals no longer wasted calories in non profit-making exercise . |
| 8 | It seems ludicrous that Scottish Back-Benchers do not even have the facility of a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs to which we could summon Ministers and ask them in detail about the problems that we face . |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't even answer the phone to Hello . |
| 10 | which , Julie still cooks everything straight from Marks and Spencers on it , I mean you only dirty the bowl , I mean you do n't even dirty the microwave |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I do n't like sayin' so , mister , but I do n't even 'ave the price of a night 's lodging . |
| 12 | We do n't even use the word alimony in English law . |
| 13 | I do n't even like the word glamorous — it 's slick and artificial-sounding . ’ |
| 14 | If you did n't think you were being blackmailed into bed , were you just looking for a man , any man , to wipe out the memory of Marcus , to prove you 're a normal , beautiful , loving woman — and now you 've proved that , you find you do n't even like the man you chose to be your therapist ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My parents have n't changed … they do n't even like the sound of his name . ’ |
| 16 | No , television advertising of beer should be stopped because the regulations surrounding it ( do n't show excessive drinking , do n't associate drinking with social or sexual success , do n't even hint that people might enjoy the sensation of being just a little bit , no , do n't even say the word , drunk ) have led to a series of creative executions that wander around aimlessly avoiding the subject of beer altogether , until the very end when they name it , or maybe not . |
| 17 | King said : ‘ You do n't even breathe a word about that yet . |
| 18 | They do n't even understand the Health Service , they do n't want the Health Service . |
| 19 | Now I do n't even have a window . ’ |
| 20 | Here 's this tribe of Indians , totally obscure , do n't even have a name for themselves . |
| 21 | They do n't even have a pub there , never mind a decent curry house . |
| 22 | And this do n't even have a Gold Star Valet Service . |
| 23 | ‘ And when I think of the Third-World mothers who do n't even have a roof , and who still manage to love and care for their children , it 's very humbling . |
| 24 | Andrus just pops in to see Sesostris and they have a bit of a chat , not a long one , they do n't even have a cup of coffee , mean bastards , both of them , and then Andrus goes on to the Cashier presumably with Sesostris 's authorization and the Cashier takes the money out of the safe and gives it to him . |
| 25 | I get the pox , I do n't even have a ring to show . ’ |
| 26 | The blacks do n't — they do n't even have an illusion of power . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been frightened of cows ever since , ’ said Mrs Monro , and I thought — her memories do n't even have the moth . |
| 28 | You do n't even have the sense to know … ’ |
| 29 | I feel sad for all who did n't attend and for those who do n't even have the chance to attend something similar . |
| 30 | And it is n't because the workers wo n't work hard enough , not when three million do n't even have the chance . |