Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] even [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , it may not even make sense to the target reader . |
| 2 | Scientists may thus even face problems within their organisation . |
| 3 | Why else would there be the persistent stories that the IB might not even make £3 million out of the 1991 competition ? |
| 4 | I could not even give instructions to a painter . |
| 5 | Hells bells ! they could not even spell teem ! |
| 6 | Forest landowners could not even erect fences or hedges unless they were low enough to allow the deer to enter and leave , consequently crops were often destroyed by them . |
| 7 | What can be discounted as nonsense on the other hand is the conclusion drawn by a Soviet historian with regard to the Tambov revolt : ‘ In that period the kulaks ’ political banditry became the most important means of struggle by international imperialism , Antonov could not even make contact with subversive elements in Kursk guberniia , let alone London . |
| 8 | I gave one deflection burst from port beam at about 350 yards and one careful stern burst from the same distance , but could not even keep pace with this shallow dive . |
| 9 | How could Ma look like that at someone who could n't even speak English ? |
| 10 | She felt a new and frightening sense of resentment that she could n't even feed Debbie in peace . |
| 11 | ‘ I was n't getting any respect , any money ; I could n't even get hold of Richard when I wanted to , so I decided to put my foot down and straighten things out . |
| 12 | ‘ I read the letters between him and his brother and it became clear he could n't even buy petrol on the New Jersey turnpike without writing to the petrol company about being over-charged . |
| 13 | Swindon the poor buggers scrape the barrel ; the whole of their midfield ( stlg2.5m ) could n't even buy Speed ( stlg2.8m ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Gran could n't even write messages to say what she wanted . |
| 15 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
| 16 | — ‘ He probably could n't even find Gazzer last night ! ’ she told herself , desperately . |
| 17 | For day after day I could n't even keep water down . |
| 18 | We could n't even export boats to other countries . |
| 19 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 20 | I need n't even name names . |
| 21 | The Society said this was 25pc below the average now allowed by district judges and in many cases would not even cover solicitors ' overheads . |
| 22 | An added irritant is that the SERC employs permanently people who would not even get jobs in universities now . |
| 23 | The armed forces would not even support Bakhtiar , let alone the Shah . |
| 24 | If I were just starting zandering from the beginning I would not even consider night fishing for them until I had got my act together in the daytime . |
| 25 | The militia lost heart at this news ; they had already been on duty for a month , and had been treated with extraordinary meanness by the citizens they were defending , who , they complained , ‘ would not even allow straw for the poor men to lay upon ’ while ‘ some were eight , some seven , and all six nights and days under arms upon the walls ’ . |
| 26 | And furthermore , F. L. Lucas ( librarian of King 's ) would not even allow Eliot 's work to be bought for his library . |
| 27 | In 1863 , he fell in love with one of the most beautiful women of the viceregal court , Lady Rachael Scott , daughter of the Earl of Clonmell But the Earl vehemently opposed the match and would not even allow Llewellyn to enter his house . |
| 28 | He would n't even give Pam a typewriter , he sold it under her nose |
| 29 | He would n't even make love to me , not properly , that is . |
| 30 | No , you would n't even have bones le you would n't even have bones left ! |