Example sentences of "[prep] even [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His marriage had suffered , and his total exhaustion left the father-of-three unable to even cuddle his young children . |
| 2 | Hannele did not , she did not care to even hide it . |
| 3 | Despite the publicity on transmission of the disease , ignorance was such that they became afraid to even visit me . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 5 | I reckon Leeds need to win 14 of the last 18 games to even give us a prayer . |
| 6 | Believe me , I would be truly delighted if she found a new and permanent partner , even though it is difficult to even regard her as a friend after her display of greed , and the wrong impression she deliberately gave you at Ib 's Club from sheer vindictiveness . |
| 7 | Straightforward conversation wife to wife , well again she must have been told that by her husband to even mention it . |
| 8 | Give you a flipping chance to even enjoy it , do they ? ! |
| 9 | Yeah you do n't have to even put it anywhere . |
| 10 | Shaking her head , she said , ‘ Richard would never take the risk , and I 'd be a fool to even consider it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd have to hate you to even consider it ! ’ |
| 12 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 13 | Though Connolly also headed straight at the goalkeeper in the 88th minute — that was probably the time McLean slipped off his sandbag — an even better opportunity for United to secure a share of the spoils was squandered by substitute Christian Dailly , who failed to even get his shot on target after getting in behind the Hearts defence . |
| 14 | The groining tended to begin in places such as Brighton and Hove , where which were holiday areas , and who wanted to make sure they kept their beach , and wanted if possible to even enlarge their beach and certainly the urban area of the resort developed . |