Example sentences of "even [subord] he [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where he does show an interest in ‘ education ’ it is , as we have seen , only as a preventive device aimed at the public at large . |
| 2 | ‘ The new owner of the Enderley estate is a hard man , or he 'd never have the heart to turn her out , even if he does want her cottage for a gamekeeper . |
| 3 | Even if he does make them an offer , it is not certain they would accept it . |
| 4 | Ince is a good player ( even if he does play for Utd . ) . |
| 5 | In the sentence Even if he does come , he wo n't be able to stay long there is a clear grammatical division between the two clauses . |
| 6 | Even if he does come and he wo n't be able to stay long , even though the division is not marked in writing . |
| 7 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 8 | A fellow whose hip operation and general physical incapacity does n't stop him going off to gaming-houses gets my vote , even if he does have a tendency to gurn on endlessly about obscure dates in the past of no interest to anyone . ’ |
| 9 | I propose that honourable members of this council er would not wish to be associated with such a disgraceful campaign to oust councillor , even if he does have strongly held views and I would like to give councillor as chairman of the environment committee , this opportunity to set the record straight on that point . |
| 10 | A toddler I know refers to me as ‘ English aunt ’ — even if he does mix it up and call my male friend ‘ foreign aunt ’ too . |
| 11 | Even if he did recover , I feel that Kelly is a better right back , and in my opinion Pemberton would be the next in line . |
| 12 | With a string of southern primaries due in March , Clinton remained the overall favourite for the nomination ; the conventional wisdom was that Tsongas could not generate sufficient appeal outside New England , and — given the 1988 fate of Michael Dukakis , a Massachusetts liberal ( also of Greek ethnic origin ) with whom he was frequently compared — would be unelectable as President even if he did secure the nomination . |
| 13 | " No , I do n't think we should pay too much attention to Regiomontanus or Johann Müller , or whatever it was he called himself , " laughed the priest , " even if he did manage to forecast a comet or two . " |
| 14 | Annunziata agreed that Anthony was unlikely to waste time going out to dinner with the others even if he did return in time and promised to cook something quickly for him if he appeared wanting a meal . |
| 15 | He was a good person to be with , even if he did laugh at her . |
| 16 | She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her . |
| 17 | ‘ And even if he did exist , ’ he went on , ‘ I 'm not sure he was a terribly nice person . ’ |
| 18 | But even if he did save his electronic jottings , would they be readable by the end of his lifetime , or would magnetic deterioration plus hardware and software obsolescence combine to make the efforts of retaining the file futile ? |
| 19 | She would like to think so — even if he did defend the status quo , just like Papa . |
| 20 | Even if he did have a provincial practice ( as his likely African origin may suggest ) , he also held office in Rome , probably had connections with Gaul , and is attested in the consilium of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 21 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 22 | Certainly it was not a vehicle for a programme of socialist reform such as Cipriani had in mind , even if he did have a seat on its Legislative Council . |
| 23 | Ben Braithwaite , who could never stand being told what to do , particularly by the landlord of a common tavern , even if he did have a diamond on his swarthy hand and his name was Goldsborough , had spoken sharply . |
| 24 | How could he , even if he did have what he thought was some pretty overwhelming evidence , think she might be anybody 's easy one-nighter ? |
| 25 | Even if he did have the most compelling eyes she 'd ever seen — and a body to make the gods jealous . |
| 26 | Secondly , even if he did hate humanity — or was profoundly unimpressed by it , as I would prefer to say — was he wrong ? |
| 27 | Lord Home belied his reputation for laziness — the commonly-held view of the elder statesman , as the British prototype for Ronald Reagan , did n't hold water : up and working at 6.30 every morning , even if he did spend uncommon amounts of time in trout streams . |
| 28 | Even if he did win , the owner would buy him in after the race , so that Boardwalk would have paid back a small fraction of his training costs . |
| 29 | Even if he did count six kegs , who 's to say there were n't more stacked away in another part of the freight car ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Even if he did raise a hand there is a problem in my opinion . |