Example sentences of "even [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back home , he dreamt , he filled the whole flat with buckets of earth , even filled soup dishes and the kettle and the wineglasses with soil , and spent hours watering them and moving them carefully around every day , carrying them from room to room so that they would be struck in turn by whatever sunshine came in through the different windows at different times of the day , making sure they were kept warm . |
| 2 | Penman had even filled a port decanter , Alexandra noticed , deducing quite rightly , that as she would hardly drink any , Christmas munificence would prompt her to tell him to help himself . |
| 3 | Even ripped up the chairs with a knife . |
| 4 | Some of Kausmann 's female subjects did likewise , others actually liked washing ; some even ironed socks . |
| 5 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |
| 6 | The management rep told me he 'd even heard whispers of sympathetic action among the statistical clerks . |
| 7 | If he believes that many of those millions have even heard of the party , he will believe anything . |
| 8 | Of 1,250 people quizzed , three quarters had not even heard of it . |
| 9 | Mick Ronson : ‘ At the time when that story came out , my family in Hull took a lot of flak about it because they 'd never even heard about it up there . |
| 10 | I was amazed you 'd even heard of it , to tell the truth . ’ |
| 11 | With Madonna he bought himself a whole new audience , kids under 21 who had never even heard of him . |
| 12 | A way of life had been born and no one had even heard of hip hop , house or rap , let alone Run DMC . |
| 13 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 14 | From Finland to Hong Kong — where also no-one had even heard of Charlene Mitchell — Kylie became a sensation . |
| 15 | And he 's not even heard of the Welfare State . |
| 16 | The girls had never met their father 's one-time patron , had never even heard of her . |
| 17 | Trying not to think about her possible reaction , Henry loaded cured fish , offal , red meat and a bold assortment of vegetables he had never even heard of , let alone eaten . |
| 18 | But have they ever even heard of flexibility ? |
| 19 | A recent survey showed that two-thirds of French small businessmen had never even heard of patents or trade marks . |
| 20 | The sister walked on down the corridor , with a muttered comment that was n't even heard . |
| 21 | ‘ I never knew th 'd even heard of the Quakers , ’ Jess said . |
| 22 | On my first visit to the village I was unable to find any of its vines and when I asked several people from the larger Champagne houses , few had even heard of its vineyards , let alone of their elevated status . |
| 23 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 24 | When I was a child and had never even heard the word ‘ regression ’ , I was always fascinated by anything to do with the Tudor period of English history . |
| 25 | Actually , Brix wrote that , she 'd never even heard The Stooges . ’ |
| 26 | We 'd never even heard anything by them when we started . |
| 27 | I 've never even heard of Philip Glass ’ |
| 28 | MANY people believe that the Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service because it has some sort of superiority to the Army , but the term was not even heard before the 17th Century . |
| 29 | Because , as the managing director of service provider Hutchison Telecom David Steadman admits : ‘ Nearly three quarters of British business people have n't even heard the term ’ service provider ’ . |
| 30 | I have recently heard , and read , several reports about the paint ‘ peeling away ’ and have even heard rumours that a few of David Hockney 's originals are peeling away from their canvases , causing chaos with their owners , who are apparently demanding refunds ! |