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 ?
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