Example sentences of "even when [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Even when they did succumb to the lure of tasty white eggs , they did not touch the nearby green eggs , despite the fact that they were perfectly harmless .
2 Even when they did get cover in the past , the premiums were punitively high .
3 In the case of the sociological positivists , this reluctance applied even when they did become involved in the analysis of the operation of penal institutions — when the ‘ sociology of the prison blossomed in the 1950s and 1960s .
4 Even when I did believe it we discussed it several times , but he would n't change his mind .
5 And even when she did put furniture in it
6 He usually held his drink well , and behaved like a gentleman even when he did have one too many .
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