Example sentences of "[coord] even [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myra sobbed as she told me that , although many men were attracted to her — and she to them — as soon as the relationship reached the stage of even the most innocent physical contact , such as a gentle kiss or even holding hands , something in her forced her to draw back and run away from the situation . |
| 2 | US officials said this did amount to a description of a rouble gold standard , but emphasised that Mr Baker was not prescribing or even recommending policy to Moscow . |
| 3 | Be careful , too , about leaving appliances on when you 're about to go out , or even using Economy 7 overnight . |
| 4 | They may experience visions , seeing , hearing or even smelling things that others ca n't ( hallucinations ) . |
| 5 | Breaches or bursts on embankments can be caused by tree roots or even burrowing animals like moles and water rats . |
| 6 | Let me repeat yet again the words of Ernest Renan in his famous lecture ‘ What is a Nation ’ in 1882 : ‘ Forgetting history , or even getting history wrong ( l'erreur historique ) are an essential factor in the formation of a nation , which is why the progress of historical studies is often dangerous to a nationality . ’ |
| 7 | The dominant sectors of society found no difficulty in tolerating or even nodding approval of its message , a development which reached its apogee when the 1988 Conference of the British Conservative Party bellowed out the song with no hint of embarrassment . |
| 8 | A more serious level is exchanging facts , ideas and opinions , intellectual concepts or even discussing doctrine . |
| 9 | Owners of small block planes or even smoothing planes can make these planes almost as jointers or try-planes . |
| 10 | When the target atom in an XPS experiment is in a gas-phase molecule , the ejected photoelectron can escape freely , though even here it may lose some energy as it departs , exciting or even ionizing valence electrons in the process . |
| 11 | For the purposes of this discussion it is best to avoid the term working class literature , in favour of terms which are less polemically charged , such as labouring poets , or even labouring class poets . |
| 12 | The crucial question , however , is how much opportunity critical ministers are afforded in full Cabinet when it comes to reshaping or even reopening decisions reached in Cabinet committees , those ad hoc meetings or the Prime Minister 's ‘ judge and jury ’ sessions . |
| 13 | Perhaps a few examples of Smithsonian directors ' thinking in rejecting and accepting material , or even releasing items in the collections , might throw light on the subject . |
| 14 | Reading , or even keeping books in your home has become illegal and firemen must investigate all complaints , find the offenders and destroy their books , after which they will be dealt with appropriately . |
| 15 | Another anonymous woman , " a looker-on " claimed that " the men have recently shown a curious and novel diligence in the way of coaxing , bribing or even fighting girls into joining a trade union " . |
| 16 | ‘ It pains me that the public hold chemical company executives in no higher esteem than estate agents , lawyers or even sitting members of Parliament ’ . |
| 17 | Time spent in the tack emporiums of any town or city gives a greater insight into the ways and customs of a place , then trudging around dolls museums and marine parks , or even witnessing displays of traditional , tourist-orientated dancing . |
| 18 | Say they were asleep , or even making love ? |
| 19 | For example , there 's a piece of cake in front of us and , and you know you just want it so badly and you just eat it , or even having sex , anything , I mean any desire that you have that you just follow . |
| 20 | They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort . |
| 21 | These include sick pay , holiday pay , service related increments and even training courses ( particularly for word processing staff ) . |
| 22 | Live entertainment , piano bars , cinemas and even gambling tables are common . |
| 23 | We do this in different ways — by carrying out investigations , by conducting experiments , by tasting , comparing , costing and even cooking things ! ! |
| 24 | The Kop were all doing the moslem arm-worship thing chanting ‘ Newsome-Newsome ’ and even waving Newsome 's picture in the Kop ( he was this week 's pinup ! ) |
| 25 | It is worth noting that whereas profit shares in manufacturing fell over the period , in the financial sector they were maintained at a high and even rising level [ Brown and Sheriff , 1978 ] . |
| 26 | Nest on ground , adults often persistently attacking and even buffeting humans and animals who come too close |
| 27 | The original documents are themselves artefacts , and there can be great value for pupils in seeing and even handling parchment and yellowed paper . |
| 28 | We found that the natives , After we 'd reoccupied the village , Had erected a sort of shrine for Celia Where they brought offerings of fruit and flowers , Fowls , and even sucking pigs . |
| 29 | The LP shows the Midland Ramones desperately trying to widen their scope , moving off their narrow base and even slowing things down a little on occasion . |
| 30 | Apart from their long walks and interminable conversations and evening singsong , or their expeditions to ancient monuments , he and Gwili and his cousins assisted with the harvest , binding sheaves and even mowing bracken with a scythe . |