Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's all we do we do n't even sell cake decorations or equipment . |
| 2 | Jesus , there 'd be so many things I could do I do n't even know where to start thinking about them . |
| 3 | Well you see you do n't even know what chapter , I mean you know re rewind that recording , I 'm sure it 'll there 'll be evidence on that on how many times I said Chapter eleven , question . |
| 4 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
| 5 | It was completely dark and she dared not even put the light on to look at her watch . |
| 6 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 7 | And she did not even want to see , she thought , she had not enough interest to see round the place to which she was so anxious to consign her mother . |
| 8 | He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better . |
| 9 | Richard did not even want to preside . |
| 10 | It was our opinion and that of , badly photocopied and written sheets of paper which did not even fit into the folders was not a good advertisement for our Institute . |
| 11 | But he did not turn , he did not even falter , because his head was up and his feet were pounding . |
| 12 | They did not even create a national arm , and such institutions as schools and the courts remained , as in most Islamic states , in the hands of religious leaders . |
| 13 | He did not even care when the teachers stared and some of the bigger boys made rude jokes about her shapely legs and body . |
| 14 | The German girl was excellent about helping here and there — and even swept the tenement stair , paid by us all , whereas the spoilt brat spendthrift Italian did not even lift her cup from table to sinkside … |
| 15 | In four years on French soil they did not even acquire a liking for wine . |
| 16 | He knew le Maître went every Tuesday to see his wife , although from all accounts her condition had deteriorated so much she was unable to converse with anyone and , at times , did not even recognize her husband . |
| 17 | The porter did not even pause in his stride . |
| 18 | Patients in psychiatric and mental handicap hospitals were frequently cared for by " nurses ' who had no training , some of whom did not even speak English . |
| 19 | He did not even think about Greg Martin if he could help it . |
| 20 | It was his chance , but he did not even think to run . |
| 21 | To his credit , he excoriated the lack of safety at the circuit , had the highest praise for the drivers who pulled Niki out of his burning car and did not even think in terms of his now enhanced championship chances , not only because he thought Niki would be back in Austria , but because he was honest enough to know that without the accident and Jochen having to re-start , he might himself have placed no better than third . |
| 22 | She did not even expect it . |
| 23 | ‘ We did not even offer protection to goalkeeper Stephen Pears , who was being watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy . |
| 24 | Local gossips noted that her husband , Darnley , did not appear in Jedburgh until the crisis was over ; and then , incensed by the attendant nobles ' cool reception , he stayed only one night and possibly did not even visit Mary . |
| 25 | Senior officers did not even visit the ground before approving the ground control plan , and the club was criticised for lack of rescue and medical equipment , and inadequate signposting to steer any latecomers away from full terraces . |
| 26 | He was on record as saying that he regarded the agonizing over Equal Opportunities on a paper which did not even exist as — at best — a red herring . |
| 27 | What , for instance , is the relation between ‘ Frenchness ’ and francophonie ( a term which did not even exist until recently — it is first recorded in 1959 ) . |
| 28 | Today he was wearing long trousers and a very remarkable jacket , and it did not even matter that his shoes were too small for his feet or that the safety-pin at his throat was digging into his flesh . |
| 29 | She had little money for clothes , but that did not matter ; it did not even matter , much , to her , though sometimes she wished she had more than two dresses , one pink , one grey . |
| 30 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |