Example sentences of "even [subord] he [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 2 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |
| 3 | But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease . |
| 4 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 5 | Michael Ramsey took Eden 's letter into the chapel but knew what his answer would be even before he put it on the altar . |
| 6 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 7 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 8 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 9 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 10 | Even when he snuffed it on Mount Cavalry , he knew he would live again . ’ |
| 11 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |