Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] even [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Maria Brownley admitted not even the fear of death could stop her brother driving stolen cars . |
| 2 | Thinking there was too much water in the system , rather than too little , they turned off even the emergency cooling system which had by then been activated . |
| 3 | I still could n't hear properly , I realised , unless it was the walls being so thick they kept out even the sound of the storm ; it was still going on out there ; from time to time the cloverleaf aperture lit up steely blue . |
| 4 | Its civilised debates introduced topics largely ignored elsewhere and calmed down even the kind of politician who always seems to be addressing a public meeting . |
| 5 | Now , unless she could rescue herself , she had not even a place on the outside of Mrs Browning 's life and what troubled her most was that she cared . |
| 6 | One felt sorry , for him ; he had fought like a man , leading the charge of his troops , for a worthless son who had not even the courage to risk death in supporting the father who had thrown away everything for his sake . |
| 7 | This prime focus of attention had not even the grace to blush . |
| 8 | She had not even the comfort of Hector 's presence , for her nervousness upset him and he had taken to roaming again , now that his leg was healed . |
| 9 | Pinned as she was beneath his weight she had n't even the leverage to free her arms or buck him off — though she tried desperately . |
| 10 | They had n't even the satisfaction of knowing that he treated his poor old Dad badly , because all things considered , he did n't . |
| 11 | As the curtain rattled on its rings , she realised she had n't even the satisfaction of a door to bang in his face . |
| 12 | To think that for all these years I had tried to protect them from this very fate and I had n't even the pleasure of using them very often . |