Example sentences of "do [not/n't] even [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was our opinion and that of , badly photocopied and written sheets of paper which did not even fit into the folders was not a good advertisement for our Institute . |
| 2 | The porter did not even pause in his stride . |
| 3 | He did not even think about Greg Martin if he could help it . |
| 4 | To his credit , he excoriated the lack of safety at the circuit , had the highest praise for the drivers who pulled Niki out of his burning car and did not even think in terms of his now enhanced championship chances , not only because he thought Niki would be back in Austria , but because he was honest enough to know that without the accident and Jochen having to re-start , he might himself have placed no better than third . |
| 5 | What , for instance , is the relation between ‘ Frenchness ’ and francophonie ( a term which did not even exist until recently — it is first recorded in 1959 ) . |
| 6 | He did not even go to London much , but lived in villages and small country towns . |
| 7 | They recognized that a return to the Carolingian situation , in which , in theory at least , all free men were bound by oaths of loyalty to the crown , was an unrealistic aspiration ; and they did not even succeed in asserting their lordship over all French rear-vassals , on the lines suggested by Suger . |
| 8 | Zack did not even bother with preambles . |
| 9 | I did not even complain to the British Medical Association — as I was in law entitled so to do — about the gross impertinence of a certain toothy and incompetent doctor in this very borough who imagined in his stupidity that I was incapable of reading upside-down the notes he was making on the other side of a desk at which I was once unwise enough to sit . |
| 10 | He did not even pretend to a crushing burden of work , only enough to complain comfortably about . |
| 11 | Most , however , did not even refer to education as relevant to economic growth . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that no section of the book was devoted to cancer and the word cancer did not even appear in the index . |
| 13 | A sizeable proportion of the population did not even listen to the speech . |
| 14 | In 1701 – 2 , the Whig mayor of the small corporation of Wilton , Wiltshire , created nineteen new burgesses , all of whom were Dissenters who did not even qualify under the terms of the Corporation Act , with the result that in 1702 he was able to reverse the defeat suffered by the Whigs in the election of the previous year . |
| 15 | A day of celebration and a day of tragedy , one superimposed upon the other , so that Amabel , who did not even wish to be rational , found it easy to believe that Ben Braithwaite had broken not only Linnet 's heart , but Gemma 's . |
| 16 | Ruth did not even glance at her . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll get a few shots , ’ Mitch said eagerly , but Felipe did not even glance at him . |
| 18 | Gravenor Henson , the leader of the Framework Knitters ' Union , they argue , did not even approve of Luddite actions . |
| 19 | The Premier League clubs were so unaninmous in their view against a second division that chief executive Rick Parry did not even call for a vote on the issue . |
| 20 | It was a dismal , disorganized weekend and a waste of valuable opportunity ; everything was left to ‘ flow ’ , which in practice meant that many events did not even get off the ground . |
| 21 | Many did not even get past their own wire defences . |
| 22 | A recent survey showed that over 40% of patients did not even know about the NHS reforms , let alone fundholding . |
| 23 | No doubt Angelina Langham , the upstart , did not even know about Thomas 's delicate stomach . |
| 24 | Many consumers did not even know of the charge until after the winter of 1948/9 when it was imposed ; because of cyclic meter reading , many received their winter bills only as the charge was lowered ; and some were never surcharged at all . |
| 25 | She frequently waited for the King outside Buckingham Palace , even though he did not even know of her existence . |
| 26 | And some who did not even know of the movie 's existence , who were not even born when it was made , are dead too , or mutilated , or orphaned … |
| 27 | Having reached this agreement , he allowed the king to take his time , and he did not even insist on returning to England , but renamed at Bec until a settlement had been reached . |
| 28 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 29 | Her voice did not even echo in the passages . |
| 30 | At first it looked harmless enough , and did not even seem to be coming from the mountain . |