Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] even [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Iraq has not even recognised Israel 's right to exist .
2 Two stadium-sized managerial talents holding half-time team talks while the rest of the soccer world has not even kicked off yet .
3 So far the Community has not even conceded that these projects are undermined by its own beef-dumping policy .
4 Yea , Joan thought , I would believe it — and he has not even kissed my hand !
5 Zimbabwe has not even begun its promised privatisation programme , nor relaxed tight exchange controls .
6 I wrote to the Secretary of State , but he has not even begun to justify the Government 's action .
7 As far as I have seen , the BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory .
8 The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone .
9 He has not even seen yet all the Khedivial estates .
10 He has not even seen my scrapbooks .
11 The reform program has not even raised the subject of the ultimate right of the party to control society .
12 In ridding the Tory Party of its old aristocratic embrace , the Prime Minister has entirely failed — or perhaps has not even tried — to banish oligarchic mores that went with its former upper-crust outlook .
13 The Home Secretary has not even tried to explain why the Government have changed their mind or why he has rejected the published judgment of his predecessor .
14 This group of professionals has not even bothered to ease the biggest problem facing entrepreneurs — apart from the unavailability of cheap finance — which is the lack of cash flow that results from customers not paying bills on time .
15 His family has been farming the same land for generations but this year he has sown no cereal crops and has not even bothered to string the hops in the hop gardens .
16 He has not even learned that Britain is suffering from a recession bordering on a slump .
17 But on this trip Gooch has not even had that pleasure and it is imperative now for England 's chances of winning back the Ashes from Australia this summer that their weary 39-year-old captain quickly recovers in health and spirit when he returns home on Saturday week .
18 Moreover , there is the likelihood that the experimenter has not even considered the possibility of such unintended effects on his subjects ' responses . ’
19 But no one else has ever even wound up that chain .
20 The ferment of support for Saddam Hussein , which has now even spread into Britain 's own Muslim communities , has several components .
21 What will they do to people if this is what they do to a dumb animazl that has n't even annoyed them .
22 A spokesman said : ‘ It has been mayhem and our main sale has n't even begun yet . ’
23 The real battle has n't even begun . ’
24 CAPTAIN Kirk finally makes peace with the Klingons , albeit unwillingly … it 's the end of an era … although considering it takes place four hundred years in the future , it has n't even begun yet .
25 He has n't even renovated the windmill .
26 But the Duke of Marlborough says his son and heir , who 's a former drug addict , has n't even contacted HIM .
27 If mother has n't even seen it .
28 Tom asked , with a touch of impatience , then added in an aside to Faye and Bill , ‘ See , she 's so impressed she has n't even heard me ! ’
29 There 's so much to do about the roots of music that this series has n't even scratched the surface .
30 I know you are funny sometimes , and some Bonnie just looks at you and she starts laughing and he has n't even said anything or something .
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