Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [not/n't] even [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the words did not even make sense to her but , through the confusion , she 'd been able to salvage enough to piece together roughly the contents .
2 The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol .
3 Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there .
4 In some countries a large majority of the electorate do not even exercise the right to vote .
5 Bonanza did n't even bother to look at Jackson .
6 They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair .
7 Given that many rural schools do not even have properly equipped science laboratories , it is hard to see how they will be able to afford equipment for carpentry , metalwork and building .
8 Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to .
9 Often , the manufacturers do not even know to what extent their equipment will stand up to RFI .
10 Donna did n't even bother to acknowledge his ramblings now , her mind was too occupied .
11 The examination , held at the Freemasons ' tavern , was entirely viva voce and the complaint was made that the candidates did not even have to cast a horse , or operate on a dead one , still less on a live one which might have benefited .
12 The eyes did not even blink .
13 Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs .
14 Hence his small tokens , unexpected gifts , to me the Arpège , to David the lighter — when David did n't even smoke — to Curtis , the copper bangle .
15 Her conscious mind did n't even register it , nor the weeds of blue awareness that tangled at the edge of her mind .
16 Richard did not even want to preside .
17 For when Erik and her husband , Trevor , from Oxford , eventually decided to tie the knot after living together for eight years , the prospect of a conventional white wedding did n't even enter their heads .
18 In fact , he 's not had a lesson in his life and is unlikely to start now as Muirfield does n't even have a professional 's shop !
19 Richard does n't even move
20 Neglected , possibly — there are only two recordings listed in The Classical Catalogue , and Alan Walker does not even mention the piece in his standard biography ( Faber : 1989 ) .
21 Thus Lightbown revives a strong argument for the mysterious ‘ Flagellation ’ in Urbino being a Sforza commission and that one of the portraits represents Francesco Sforza , Count of Pesaro ( Bertelli does not even attempt to identify the three mysterious figures in the foreground of the painting ) .
22 Mayflies and some moths do not even have mouthparts .
23 These barriers do not even conform to the existing standard , since the gap at pedal height on the upper barrier is only 392mm. , while the gap at the bottom of the lower barrier is only 395mm .
24 Commodore did n't even stop to look for survivors , so do n't worry yourself none . ’
25 Maggie did n't even answer that one .
26 The village did n't even have a name , and was n't placed on any maps of the country .
27 Scotland 's wilderness areas do not even have the advantages of the little protection afforded to the English parks .
28 The boy did n't even glance at the folded franc notes .
29 The Queen did not even buy a gift for herself .
30 The dragon did n't even slow .
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