Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 2 | In several cases , internal funding was still so low that even £2,000 was equal to four or five years ' library capitation . |
| 3 | My heart grew sick and I could n't eat , a phenomenon so strange that even Father noticed and asked what was wrong . |
| 4 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 5 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
| 6 | At that moment Mr Sowerberry returned and , hearing what had happened ( according to the ladies ) , he beat Oliver so hard that even Mr Bumble and Mrs Sowerberry were satisfied . |
| 7 | But all the messages that the parliaments of women busily exchanged among themselves stuck at one figure whom their spate of stories , their laughter and malice , could n't break down or wash away , a special kind of other woman , a figure so pitiful and so ludicrous that even jokes could n't make her situation spicy , and yet she outnumbered all others , because so many men had gone away alone , to America , both North and South . |
| 8 | When a Hollywood genre — in this case , the ‘ action-packed ’ buddy movie — becomes so tired that even Hollywood realizes it , their solution is simple : just reverse the formula until that becomes the formula . |
| 9 | There were some reports so confidential that even Jean might not see them ; they were better kept at home . |
| 10 | Deep down the heat and pressure are so great that even hydrogen is a metallic liquid . ’ |
| 11 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
| 12 | The private money and foreign contributions were handled by a network of cut-outs and dummy companies so complicated that even North had trouble keeping track of it . |
| 13 | Elizabeth 's distress had been so evident that even Lydia felt bound to take it seriously . |
| 14 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |
| 15 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
| 16 | Say is so eloquent that even Cade feels remorse ( 104f. ) , but still has him killed . |
| 17 | However , a variety of problems can occur which will result in one or more radiators on the system being only lukewarm or even stone cold . |
| 18 | The burst took ten seconds because a dying star 's core is so dense that even neutrinos bang into things on their way out . |
| 19 | As theologians have noticed , it is not clear that even God could become somebody other than himself . |
| 20 | I 'm not sure that even Robbo was a leader of men at that age when he was still with West Bromwich . |
| 21 | Nature , however , proved more subtle than even Maxwell had imagined . |
| 22 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 23 | Its qualifications for taming England supporters look from this distance more compelling than even Sardinia 's . |
| 24 | Italian Chardonnays can be lighter , slightly lemony and even biscuity . |
| 25 | It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be . |
| 26 | Instead its concepts — like sharing responsibility between parents and the state , reaching agreements and partnerships — have a surprisingly communitarian or even collectivist ring about them . |
| 27 | This volume provides an admirably full and even coverage of 13 years of these and many other projects , but it scarcely attempts the more critical profile one might have expected from Rizzoli . |
| 28 | The quick service was quite fantastic and even chairs were provided tor customers . |
| 29 | Although he was now nearly twenty , he was still considerably smaller than even Mike , who was nearest him in age . |
| 30 | Fergus was silent for a while , then , in a very controlled and even voice said , ‘ Do n't worry . |