Example sentences of "not even [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not even registered as born . ’ |
| 2 | Hecate immediately warns the audience , in a speech displaced to the opening , that it is confronted by a chaotic world in which Scotland does not even stand where it did . |
| 3 | His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby . |
| 4 | What will happen to the most vulnerable , who can not even complain because they can not communicate — even though they pay their taxes to support these services ? |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | She could n't speak , could not even think while his thumb was brushing back and forth across her mouth like that . |
| 7 | I am not even asked if I want a line . |
| 8 | As usual he was offering explanations for what other people had not even noticed as problems |
| 9 | Just waiting for the flash line to ring , not even knowing whether the kidnappers would have heard the radio show at all , or how they would react if they had , made Sam nauseous from stress . |
| 10 | He was not even baptised until he lay on his deathbed . |
| 11 | Accustomed and unaware , they did not even shiver as their warm bare " shoulders met its blue embrace . |
| 12 | Although he still speaks bitterly of the pressure put on him by the authorities , in fact they never succeeded in obliging him to send the children to school ; he was not even fined as he would have been in Britain . |
| 13 | So far as the families of those involved in disciplinary proceedings are concerned , we do not even count as worth a thought ( ‘ Guilty until proven innocent ’ , 4 March ) . |
| 14 | Three times on the motorway I had wanted to turn round and go home , not even caring whether my deposit was forever forfeited . |
| 15 | ‘ Mutual ! ’ echoed Theda crossly , not even noticing as her father and the lawyer left them together and closed the library door . |
| 16 | The otherwise lengthy job of constructing models and using them ( frequently not even attempted because of the time involved ) is made quick and simple . |
| 17 | The evidence was of course not even complete when this incident occurred . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is not even known whether some substances which contaminate water are harmful or not . |
| 19 | So the recording will not even begin until the patient has reached that point in his memory which he wishes to explore and , should it be necessary to move him forwards or backwards within that regression , I simply place my hand over the microphone so that the technique is not recorded . |
| 20 | Maggie was still screaming above her and she did not even notice until later that her own blood was added to the devastation of Maggie 's attic . |
| 21 | In these respects this Jesus strikes at the heart of the Jacob/Esau stories , and must present the most radical challenge to the story of the people of Jericho , who are not even left as bystanders , but are trampled into God 's ground and burnt to a cinder . |
| 22 | We do not even know whether it was deposited in that great Ptolemaic foundation , the library of Alexandria . |
| 23 | We do not even know whether the Stoner report will be available to the Select Committee when it begins to sit . |
| 24 | She did not even know whether the occupants of Cherry Cottage had any connection with the dead girl . |
| 25 | Rufus did not even know if animal bones shared the same names as those of humans . |
| 26 | He was tempted to go in and get it over , but he had been away from his temporary headquarters for a long time and he did not even know if the body had bean recovered successfully . |
| 27 | I do not even know if I should . ’ |
| 28 | He did n't even care whether Jahsaxa was watching him or not . |
| 29 | After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’ |
| 30 | I do n't even care if the kids do n't like him I love |