"I was really trying to get them into regular schools and they just wouldn't take them, even when I offered to sponsor fees."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

For instance,even native speakers are often not sure when to use "lie" and when to use "lay."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

They spread through the air when the person coughs or sneezes or even sings and talks.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

When left untreated,however, it can lead to changes in a person's physical appearance and even death.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

What does it mean to him? "Nothing,and I'm not even sure when it is.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

And policies can be costly even when employers share the costs.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

And it is not even the same group, for the most part, that sheltered al-Qaida when it ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

But there are fears that even when a new government does get eventually elected, political differences and bickering could endanger the fragile peace process.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

He protested that even when he was leaving and he continues to do so."

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

And particularly labor market numbers, unemployment, and unemployment lags recovery - so even when an aggregate recovery starts, those numbers are not going to turn around immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

However,occasionally even they are stumped, and when that happens they have to consult other experts, many of whom are found at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington,D.C.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Numerous studies indicate African-Americans and Hispanics receive a poorer quality of health care than non-Hispanic whites, even when they have the same levels of income and health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

But even when parents follow all the guidelines, putting their babies to sleep on their backs, removing blankets and stuffed animals from their cribs, infants still die without warning.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08