Example sentences of "[noun] even [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That afternoon the wheelbarrow even stuck when I pulled it off the road for a break . |
| 2 | A good many observers even doubted whether wars between States at approximately the same level of civilization could have any decisive result . |
| 3 | If they 'd spent a particularly warm close time together , Jay even wondered if she and Lucy could be unique friends and veer away from this sexual desire which shimmered like an uncrossable burning field for Lucy . |
| 4 | Both Atticus and Judge Taylor realise that the case is lost before that trial even begins because they realise that because the jury is all white , they can not convict a black man against a white man 's word . |
| 5 | You sometimes have to pinch yourself in order to remember the fact , but accidents even happened before there were aeroplanes . |
| 6 | Erwin even questions whether there is room for the mainframe in this scenario — ‘ If the mainframe 's price-performance relationship is the same in five years as it is now , it does n't stand a chance ’ . |
| 7 | The US secretary of state even asked if — in a crisis — Britain would reoccupy Egypt . |
| 8 | It is not that I have no reason to submit to the moral law and can do as I please ; I am left with no reason even to do as I please . |
| 9 | It 's end-to-end , thrilling stuff throughout the whole match ( the clock even stops when the ball 's dead — boo hoo , he 'll be sorely missed ! ) . |
| 10 | I had had to wait seven years for Evans 's pardon and another seven years for Meehan 's , and , knowing the reluctance of the Home Office even to consider whether a mistake has been made , far less admit it , I had little hopes of any quick remedial action . |