Example sentences of "even [subord] she have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , she was too scared to go back to sleep even if she had been able to . |
| 2 | But without her virtue , even if she had been beautiful , she would n't have been worth the weight of her little toe in dross . |
| 3 | Even when she had been widowed young , she had never wanted another man . |
| 4 | It was a dress she 'd bought at Kelly 's urging , even though she 'd been positive she 'd never find occasion to wear it . |
| 5 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 6 | Being used — as Luke had used her last night — was humiliating , and even though she had been able to turn the tables it had left a bitter after-taste . |