Example sentences of "even [prep] [adj] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even from this distance he could see the vast , pitted sprawl of landing pads , twenty li in diameter , its southernmost edge opening out on to Hsuan Wu lake , the curve of the ancient Yangtze forming a natural barrier to the north-east , like a giant moat two li in width . |
| 2 | It happens that Mr X 's preferred language is French , but even in that tongue he could not write or spell with any normal level of competence and his grammar was almost non-existent . |
| 3 | Even in private conversation he would explain how his client could not possibly have broken into the house in the way of which he was accused , because he was far too drunk at the time , and so on . |
| 4 | Even in this hell-hole he found a kind of salvation . |
| 5 | Even in this weather he was wearing a sleeveless vest . |
| 6 | What is noticeable , however , is that Anthony Coburn never wrote for the series again after ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ , and even on that story he did none of the rewriting which followed the less-than-successful screening of the pilot episode to BBC Department heads . |
| 7 | Even at that hour he had an alert look , as aura of controlled energy . |
| 8 | We know he was envied and bullied by his fellow pupils and that even at that age he had the gift of healing — restoring a robin which had been cruelly killed by his fellow students . ’ |
| 9 | Even at primary school he was a familiar face around Old Trafford because Harry was coaching there . |
| 10 | and the other thing is that to get this kind of continuity even at one post he 's got to work with Dave for at least six months and Dave 's going in March next year so we want a A L O in post by September of this year if that 's possible . |
| 11 | Even at this distance he could make out the faint octarine glow in the air that must be indicating a stable magic aura of at least — he gasped — several milliprime ? |
| 12 | It is just conceivable , however that , even at this time he may have started to indulge in a very simple form of god worship entirely on his own as a single individual , group worship following much later . |
| 13 | But the Prince had , as yet , not decided on the change of residence , for it is by no means sure that even at this stage he had decided on the Empire . |
| 14 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |