Example sentences of "n't even [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But she loved him , and that made it a bargain — and he did n't even deserve to be loved . |
2 | Not only was I unable to help with the work , I could n't even care for the family 's tools . |
3 | I do n't even care for harmless , comic coincidences . |
4 | She does n't even care for you . |
5 | But , I do n't even care about the back . |
6 | Well , she could n't even complain about that — he 'd been upfront about his intentions , had never pretended to feel anything he did n't . |
7 | She could n't even eat with people she did n't like , and as for sleeping with anyone — unless she was wildly in love or pissed out of her mind she could n't do it . |
8 | Now they 're better Jews than their own parents ever were — I know one chap from Willesden Green who wo n't even eat in his mother 's kitchen any more . |
9 | I did n't even feel like |
10 | A couple of surfers caught waves Ted did n't even move for . |
11 | ‘ The repository of knowledge , the Matrix , does n't even refer to the war . |
12 | I wo n't even comment on their faults because er it might be reported , but something which is better than either . |
13 | There are juniors who wo n't even speak without nodding and asking the parents permission . |
14 | ‘ They did n't even speak to me , ’ he said . |
15 | He did his best but Bumface would n't even speak to me . |
16 | Then they signed to Virgin and the Mighty Lemon Drops syndrome struck with a vengeance , ensuring that , up until ‘ Every Beat Of The Heart ’ meandered chartwards , policemen would n't even speak to The Railway Children let alone arrest them . |
17 | The referee did n't even speak to him . |
18 | ‘ She would n't even speak to her when I first rang your home . ’ |
19 | I saw her briefly , and , I did n't even speak to her other than to say hello . |
20 | Do n't even speak to her . |
21 | ‘ Do n't even joke about it , Marge , I would n't put it past them . ’ |
22 | ‘ Do n't even joke to me about it . |
23 | By contrast , the domestic cat ranks fourth on the female list , but does n't even appear on the male top 10 . |
24 | ‘ You see , she , did n't even hold with going to bed with a husband . |
25 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
26 | Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy |
27 | They did n't even bother with the formality of retiring to consider the case . |
28 | Did n't even bother with Freddie . |
29 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
30 | It 's the sort of picture which people who are not interested in photography would n't even bother with , probably , but see what they 're missing ? |