Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I mean to even think of it , you know , is not very nice ! |
| 2 | ‘ I hate to even ask , but Dr Marlowe , can you see one more ? |
| 3 | Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action . |
| 4 | To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't see why the sun has to rise and set in different places , ’ said Gurder , who refused to even try to understand basic astronomy . |
| 7 | Why did he have to even think ! |
| 8 | Why had he refused to even begin until she was in France ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 've now got to see if people like it enough for us to want to even think about building something like it . ’ |