Example sentences of "even a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 2 | Even a few minutes would help . |
| 3 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 4 | Even a few hours ' warning can save lives and reduce injuries . |
| 5 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 6 | A whole day was too long — even a few hours would be too late . |
| 7 | Well how about a wild boar , or even a few snails ? |
| 8 | According to Dr David Benton , even a few slices of toast and marmalade help to sharpen the memory . |
| 9 | I 'd have preferred a book that told a few truths , or even a few lies . |
| 10 | The same pattern of asexual reproduction occurs in water fleas , aphids and even a few lizards . |
| 11 | Lady Street was busy : there were even a few visitors about , weaving between the parked vans and lorries . |
| 12 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no one in my foster family who could afford to give even a few pounds away , ’ he said , ‘ and I certainly do n't have any rich friends . |
| 14 | If you have electrical appliances I know it 's gon na cost you a few pence , or probably even a few pounds these days , do make sure that your electrical appliances are serviced properly and correctly . |
| 15 | Though open opposition , as the ‘ White Rose ’ showed , was futile against the might of the Gestapo and resistance groups were necessarily compelled to continue their work in secrecy and isolation , their hostility to the Nazi regime was now far less out of touch with the climate of opinion than had been the case even a few months earlier , before Stalingrad . |
| 16 | Even a few months ago it would have been unthinkable that Howard Kendall 's Moody Blues should face Brian Clough 's Nottingham Forest , as will happen on Saturday , in a match billed as a ‘ relegation battle . ’ |
| 17 | During the Suez fiasco in 1956 Eden considered an identical idea , and there were even a few voices suggesting something similar during the Falklands War in 1982 . |
| 18 | There are even a few herrings for good measure . |
| 19 | I am writing direct to say I hope we may meet when you are in the UK next month , and sorry I am you were too busy to manage even a few words on the ‘ phone earlier this week . |
| 20 | Sergei and Anton , from Chernobyl , too shy perhaps to speak even a few words in their own language . |
| 21 | Even a few microns difference in the size of a component can cost valuable minutes on the production line as machines are re-set . |
| 22 | If Snakes of the World can cure even a few readers of their phobia , replacing terror with admiration , it will have achieved its purpose . |
| 23 | She had a thin , satisfied smile on her face , which not even a few smirks and elbow nudgings among those ladies who had been at the tea could banish . |
| 24 | It can be an extra glass of wine , an ice lolly , an extra yogurt or couple of pieces of fresh fruit — even a few sweets . |
| 25 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 26 | Even a few weeks would do for him , thought Hotspur , and caught the girl 's eyes fixed upon him in silent desperation and appeal ; though indeed it was so imperious as to be more of a demand . |
| 27 | The Standing Orders of the Houses are such , however , that no mere eccentric has much chance of disturbing the parliamentary calm for even a few seconds . |
| 28 | Leave luggage unattended for even a few seconds |
| 29 | ( There are plenty of white working-class boys and even a few policemen who do not hold pronounced racist views . ) |
| 30 | So there are some new facets to catering in the RAF today compared with even a few years ago . |