Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] even [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
2 | Skulls of aliens adorned the banner-hung , tapestried walls , their eyeless sockets forever blinded to the mysteries of those who had mastered them , their hollow craniums empty of even the ghost of a twisted , unhuman thought . |
3 | But , dear Christ , they could hardly talk : Paddy with his bashed-in nose , the look of a hog and a missing leg ; and the woman — his wife ? — she was lucky for even a guy like him . |
4 | The floor was hard paving stone , the walls lime-washed , the room devoid of even a stick of furniture . |
5 | One particular characteristic which had blighted the administration of Siberia throughout the period of Russian domination was the legendary rapaciousness , venality , corruption and brutality of many of even the region 's most senior officials . |
6 | In the end , the Swindon Bulldogs bite proved too fierce for even the Oxford Sharks . |
7 | There are , however , no tigers in Sri Lanka , so they must have reached the southern tip of India when the land bridge to that island had disappeared and the sea gap become too wide for even a tiger to swim across . |
8 | Moreover , as payments were commonly made to gang leaders , the contractor was unlikely to be aware of even the names of men employed on the site . |