Example sentences of "even if you [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was some time before the detective found your address ; you 've been very clever in not meeting here , but it was careless of you to go to the same hotel every time , even if you did sign in as Mr and Mrs Smith . |
| 2 | ‘ Even if you did open it , ’ said the Bookman , ‘ I 'm sure the pages are weighed down with so many words it would be impossible to turn them over . ’ |
| 3 | Even if you did see her , Mr Evans would n't let you go out with her , to a dance , or the pictures , or anything . |
| 4 | And although most manufacturers will honour their warranties , even if you did buy the machine from a dealer , this is purely a philanthropic gesture on their part . |
| 5 | I mean even if you did provide reassurances , just because the peasants were well aware of the fact that hardl although they 'd been given lands and their had been er the lan you know the previous been destroyed , the Communist Party could take back their land tomorrow if they wanted to . |
| 6 | And even if you did find a houngan , he most probably would n't agree to talk to you , since no one here has any sympathies for the blancs who have always exploited us . ’ |
| 7 | Then she insisted , ‘ It was a very kind thing you did … even if you did risk us all getting hung ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And I loved you from the moment I walked into the factory , even if you did have a false impression of me . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if you do intend to marry me — you do intend that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |
| 11 | The job may go under different titles on different stations around the world , but essentially that 's what I 'll be from Monday on , even if you do earn more than me . ’ |
| 12 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |
| 13 | But do remember that the house still belongs to the parents and even if you do love black walls painted with silver moons and stars , bright red carpet and eerie holograms , but remember they have to live there after you are long gone . |
| 14 | But I ca n't accept it , Cassie. I ca n't bear to think of you doing it with anyone else , even if you do laugh at me , and think I 'm old hat . ’ |
| 15 | The sad part about the whole sorry affair is that you appear to have been badly let down by those who by rights ought to feel indebted to you , but with the Sun in Aries and that part of your solar chart related to affairs of the heart you are bound to win some kind of moral victory , and even if you do decide to make a settlement this month you should still feel you really have much to celebrate . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't want any of you others to do anything , even if you do mean it for the best . ’ |
| 17 | Even if you do manage to prove that he has been harassing you , there does n't appear to be much general acceptance of the fact that intimidating someone in this way might actually constitute a serious crime . |
| 18 | After all , as Deborah Hutton , health editor of Vogue , put it : ‘ If you 're the sort of person who frowns , even if you do wear these things for an hour while you exercise , you 'll carry on frowning for the rest of the day after you 've taken them off . ’ |
| 19 | Even if you do make the highest offer for any particular item , the auctioneer can hand it over to another , friendlier-looking buyer instead . |
| 20 | Even if you do cheat and eat something you should n't , it does n't mean that you have failed on the Inch Loss Plan . |
| 21 | I 'm not going to advise the trustees to release the inheritance even if you do continue , so you may as well get rid of her . |
| 22 | So who cares about royal dignity anyway … even if you do fail completely at your first attempt . |
| 23 | We 're not yet a police lab even if you do walk in and out of the place as if it 's your own kitchen . |
| 24 | So even if you do repay your loan on a building society account , er do n't forget that erm er the erm building society will then want to charge you for keeping the deeds of your house . |
| 25 | ‘ Even if you do find a photo , ’ she insists , ‘ it 's not me ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
| 27 | But even if you do have to pretend , just this once , that you are only an ordinary tourist , that trip will live in your memory , even if it is n't entered in your log-book . |
| 28 | If you 're planning to do a lot of weaving , the weaving arm is a useful extra even if you do have built-in weaving brushes on your machine . |
| 29 | Even if you do run inside these times make sure you choose racers appropriate for the distance and your weight . |
| 30 | Even if you do claim you went up there to do him in ! |