Example sentences of "even [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it is worth writing an index and even typing a few pithy words of your own to remind you , and others , of why you did what you did , when you did it ! |
| 2 | Seniors in Easton recommend a later starting age than the current 18 years , with one even suggesting a compulsory twelvemonth work experience to broaden the range of experience of recruits . |
| 3 | He might even make a strong and able king , for he had his virtues , even though being a good husband was scarcely one of them ! |
| 4 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 5 | He may even make a good appearance of doing so . |
| 6 | You could even make a different arrangement for each season , if you are decorating a photograph you wish to keep displayed all year round . |
| 7 | They may even make a permanent identification with it , and this can cause problems when the children leave home . |
| 8 | For example , the number eight would be a very pretty shape to create and a pressed flower card reading eighteen or twenty-one could also be very attractive if created in shades of pink , and if you had the patience you could even make a matching gift tag to accompany the present . |
| 9 | He even made a decent back pass when under some pressure ! |
| 10 | She even made a miniature Guide uniform for one four-year-old tot , and popped her on the back of her bicycle when she went out to the reserve for Guide meetings . |
| 11 | Mrs Gorman even made a little joke about living to be ninety . |
| 12 | The Commissariat for War still hung on to 752 coaches ; the Commissariat for Health had no fewer than 2,718 , and was even demanding a further 1,200 . |
| 13 | His closeness gave her comfort , and she knew she would n't have dared to venture here alone — not even to see a thousand kiwis . |
| 14 | But I mean er you can get cassette based ones which are quite cheap and cheap to run cos you just use , you know , good quality metal tapes and you get four tracks I think they even make a six track one now , or an eight track . |
| 15 | You may bequeath your Entire Estate , a Specific Sum of Money , Specific Property , or all or part of the Residue of your Estate — or even make a Conditional Bequest in the event that another potential beneficiary pre-deceases you . |
| 16 | While it has been widely recognized that both plural and singular references are possible under many circumstances ( Eschenbach , Habel , Herweg & Rehkämper 1989 ; Garrod & Sanford 1982 ) , the present results reveal just how prevalent singulars can be , even given a grammatical grouping cue like and . |
| 17 | But even given a generous approach to this construction , I find it impossible to attach the breadth of meaning to the word ‘ question ’ which the Attorney-General urges . |
| 18 | Sir Francis records his pique that , having made these efforts , he was not even given a free ticket for the Coronation and had to buy his own . |
| 19 | He even produced a Salieri version . |
| 20 | We did find time for some work at Orkney which even produced a few seizures , but we were a little early for the oil traffic which was only just beginning to affect the island . |
| 21 | And I never even got a bloody call for it ! |
| 22 | A common characteristic of social life in the modern village is thus the attempt by newcomers to create an ersatz sense of community by founding and running local organizations — branches of the WEA , amateur dramatics societies , art clubs , etc. — and even building a new ‘ community centre ’ in which to house them . |
| 23 | The seafaring Omanis of the Batinah coast had little contact with the interior , but travelled far and wide in search of trade , even building a maritime empire in the area between Portuguese and British domination of the trade routes . |
| 24 | After that I had a fear of water , especially the sea , but I learned to live with it and even became a good swimmer . |
| 25 | At British Airways , Lord King 's recent pay rise from 178,000 to 386,000 even provoked a disapproving comment from the Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 26 | Another newer variety rapidly replacing the more difficult to grow ‘ Cox 's Orange Pippin ’ , ‘ Fiesta ’ looks similar , has the same flavour , flowers mid-season , produces larger fruits , crops twice as heavily and even produces a fair crop with no pollinator . |
| 27 | I even found a legal parking space . |
| 28 | Mick even found a modern Italian guide . |
| 29 | However , in its interior Mercury differs from the Moon in that it is far richer in iron , and even has a weak dipole field which is almost certainly of interior origin . |
| 30 | It even has a strategic review panel to act as a think-tank . |