Example sentences of "even [verb] he [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Whatever time I ran him back , there was always a smiling , cheerful member of staff to greet him , strap him into the stair lift , help him to undress if necessary and even bring him a last cup of tea if he felt like one . |
2 | His defiance of Uncle Sam has even earned him a grudging respect . |
3 | And the work that he had tried to prevent will now , ironically , endow his old age , even afford him a comfortable subsistence : this work which was viewed as such unprofitable employment |
4 | It might even give him a nice profit on his outlay , which was nothing to worry about . |
5 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
6 | Two indeed were peers , one the Lord Belasyse with whom Willys again quarrelled fiercely , perhaps even sending him a second challenge . |
7 | I went along with this , I even called him a wild buffalo of the American prairie ; but perhaps he was really just a parrot . |
8 | Curious , you were so mean , you even grudged him a proper cosh . ’ |
9 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
10 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
11 | ‘ Did n't you even get him a proper layette , the poor wee mite ? ’ |