Example sentences of "[not/n't] even [vb infin] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better . |
| 2 | The Germans did not even bother to look for the escaped I prisoners . |
| 3 | His replacement , Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Monro , who did not even bother to land on the peninsula , declared for evacuation . |
| 4 | Well I 'll show I 'll show you this is just a small list of categories of advertisers and you would not even start to think about some of those . |
| 5 | A counter-balance for Satan can not be found for Milton has gone too far in his wonderful description and characterisation so that even his portrayal of God can not even hope to rise to the same level . |
| 6 | As creatures of habit , you will find that they soon do not even attempt to climb on furniture , but voluntarily retire to their bed . |
| 7 | Although she did not even turn to look at him , a delicious warmth began to spread through her inert form — as though some electrical force was quietly pulsing across the few feet of water separating their bodies . |
| 8 | The thrust of the private language argument is that the solipsist can not even get started in this way . |
| 9 | ‘ I myself can not even begin to imagine by what mental process an educated and rational man of some sensibility moves from the reputed subtleties of Keynsian economics ( the process which has , apparently , saved the capitalist system from the collapse which would in turn have provoked a revolution ) to the blatant crudities of contemplating intercourse with a mindless whore . |
| 10 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 11 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 12 | My plan was to take a Bachelor of Music degree — for which , at that time one did not even have to go into residence . |
| 13 | She does not have to prove any negligence on the part of the manufacturer and does not even have to rely upon the product liability provisions of Part I of the Act . |
| 14 | I am dying , she thought , as her forehead broke out into a fine sweat , I do not even have to think of it , my mind is on other things , but there is a disturbance , quite plainly to be felt , in the mechanism of my heart . |
| 15 | Alice , playing her violin at Holborn station , took it for granted , she did not even have to think about it , that the man playing the flute beside her had invited her to play because she was beautiful . |
| 16 | However , we would expect the effect of terminal education age to differ among people of different generations : 16 was the minimum school-leaving age for sample members aged 28 or less , whereas any respondents aged 80 or older did not even have to stay at school till they were 14 . |
| 17 | McIllvanney did not even need to think about his answer , but just shook his head . |
| 18 | Not only is it raining , it 's 5 o'clock , and though I 'm not defeatist by nature I do n't even bother looking for a taxi , deciding instead to walk the two miles back to the London flat . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't even bother speaking to him for 24 hours before a match , ’ was the advice of a Danish team-mate . |
| 20 | Bonanza did n't even bother to look at Jackson . |
| 21 | He did n't even bother to look at him . |
| 22 | Fen did n't even bother to look at her but instead busied himself pulling curtains across the cabin windows . |
| 23 | You , I think you 'll find she wo n't even contemplate cooking by electricity . |
| 24 | ‘ You did n't even start working for him until — ’ |
| 25 | Commodore did n't even stop to look for survivors , so do n't worry yourself none . ’ |
| 26 | You ca n't even bear to talk about him ! |
| 27 | She was caught in the middle of a terrible ghastly nightmare , and one she could n't even hope to escape from by waking up . |
| 28 | He did n't even want to consult with one of his colleagues . |
| 29 | I do n't even want to talk about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That Goddarned government , I do n't even want to talk about it . |