Example sentences of "even [subord] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must search even where we least expect to find riches ; just as there are hidden joys in one 's own pain and suffering , there are subtle delights in the compassion and pity aroused by other men 's Gethsemanes — their gardens of sorrows . |
| 2 | The British played " a constructive part in helping to maintain world order " , even if they now had to rely on " ideas and dexterity rather than military might " . |
| 3 | Beth 's experience suggests that people do n't change deep down , even if they really want to try to please their partner . |
| 4 | Consequently , wherever we appear in public enormous crowds of staring ( but not hostile ) faces cluster round us — even if we just stop to buy a post-card . |
| 5 | ‘ Even if we only manage to save 1% of that then £1.4 will have fed straight into our bottom-line profit , ’ says Robert Nicol , recently appointed corporate manager , Purchasing and Supply . |
| 6 | If he had a new night special , even if he later grew to like her , he would start by trying to play her up just as he had me , and , since she had told me herself , Daisy Yates . |
| 7 | Afterwards Jacques Poos , the Luxembourg Foreign Minister , declared that President Gorbachev said that " he would continue on the path to reform even if he sometimes had to take a detour " . |
| 8 | West Germany was still very prosperous in the late 1970s , improvements were being made in living standards and Schmidt was able to limit the difficulties in the economy , even if he often seemed to react to events rather than to give the country any real sense of direction . |
| 9 | I would be very pleased to chat to anyone who 's interested , even if you just want to find out a bit about making banners . |
| 10 | You can do this even if you also want to go and speak , or ask someone else to speak for you . |
| 11 | Even if you genuinely wished to forgo your claim , do you think Rohan would allow it ? |
| 12 | and then like like even if I still have to go cos . |
| 13 | But this is hardly a convincing argument when produced by an organisation that collects some £130 million , even if it also proposes to give those of its members whose works are performed outside ‘ significant venues ’ a flat fee of £75 a year . |
| 14 | Even the most serious management report can usually gain from the occasional injection of levity , even if it merely serves to relieve tension . |
| 15 | Does it remain committed to the A W B even when it demonstrably fails to deliver the goods ? |
| 16 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
| 17 | Even though I only have to walk around the dancers , he 's taking no chances . |