Example sentences of "though [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , as though hanging from the green hillside , is Waddon Manor , with its air of vanished glory and its sad seaward gaze . |
| 2 | ‘ In the reign of the Most Gracious Sovereign , George III and under the auspices of the Right Hon. William Fettes , Lord Provost of Edinburgh , the Harbour of Leith , though formed at a remote period and as commerce in the course of ages increased often repaired and extended , yet being still narrow and incommodious , Robert Dundas of Melville , Esq. , in absence of the Right Hon. Charles , Earl of Dalkeith , Grand Master of Scotland , laid the foundation stone of these docks in which the numerous vessels arriving from every quarter of the globe might receive ample and secure accommodation on the 14th day of May in the year of our Lord 1801 and of the Aera of Masonry 5801 , John Rennie being Engineer . |
| 3 | But their patron , though ensconced in the Prime Minister 's palace , is clearly more estranged from the mainstream of Catholic politics than at any time in his 40-year career . |
| 4 | Her lower lip twitched as though plucked by an invisible finger . |
| 5 | There is , of course , no such difficulty if the evidence sought , though owned by a foreign corporation , is physically located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States . |
| 6 | He was Housemaster of Arden , and though forbidden by an old war wound from taking too boisterous a part in the sporting events of the House , yet he followed their activities closely and gave appropriate advice and encouragement . |
| 7 | Today , the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the church , Abbot 's House and Infirmary are set in an attractive , wooded park — though surrounded by an incongruous mass of streets and factories . |
| 8 | As though carried by a mighty flood to its remote hilltop , surrounded by trees , and then abandoned as the water receded , the barrow is an almost alien presence . |
| 9 | John Mellancamp Though thrust on a disdainful market in the mid-'70s as the posturing rock rebel Johnny Cougar , this talented songwriter has subsequently reverted to his real name and found a niche as an accomplished performer and composer of Mid-Western adult rock songs . |
| 10 | Though chaired by the latitudinarian Anglican , and radical , manufacturer Thomas Walker , it contained a number of Rational Dissenters in the professions — lawyers and doctors — several of whom had an intellectual bent and were active in the discussions of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , a significant regional conduit for Enlightenment thinking . |
| 11 | Conscription , though operated on the German model , produced more problems than solutions , since units of a racial group had to be allocated to positions where they would not have to engage their kinsmen across the border . |
| 12 | Our shooting permits , after what had been eleven months of filming , were due to expire that evening and , though shot at the very end , the sequence on Anak Krakatoa was intended to introduce the very beginning of our whole ten years of adventure films . |
| 13 | ( Artist 's heart now sinks at thought of fifteen-hour day on account of two ideas leading to twenty permutations of two-line scene : ‘ But Richard — ’ ‘ Yes , I know , but the thing is — er — let me put this another way ’ ( so far he has n't put it anyway ) — ‘ Look — ’ ( He freezes mid-pace , cocks his head as though listening to an external sound — which indeed he is — draws a deep breath through his nose , rolls up his eyes , turns down the corners of his mouth , then , forgetting to expel air because a new thought has struck him , he gasps : ) ‘ I 'll tell you what , right ? |
| 14 | For a moment he launched himself upon them alone , and Owen closed with him gladly against the glare , though dazzled by the flickering gleams and blinking shadows . |
| 15 | He conceded it was possible for such items , though manufactured in the Soviet Union , to fall into the hands of outsiders . |
| 16 | Though manufactured by a different company from those at Torness , it could be adapted and fitted to bring Reactor 1 back into operation . |
| 17 | Eyre Square , though marred by a mad iron statue put up in honour of Kennedy , was still a fine place , used as a promenade by the young people of Galway . |
| 18 | A school that , though equipped with a sixth form , did not have good A level results could be picked out as an inefficient school . |
| 19 | Finally , the client is told to stretch all of his muscles , as though waking from a deep sleep , to gradually open their eyes , and get up slowly . |
| 20 | Ruby straddled a child 's moped and , as though mounted on a Wellsian Time Machine , skilfully manoeuvred into the heavy traffic on Cromwell Road . |
| 21 | ‘ Wait , my lovely , ’ he breathed , and took his eyes from her wanting , flushed face , to pull back and stare as though transfixed at the throbbing globes of her breasts . |
| 22 | It opens up into a fantastic cavern , which glistens and sparkles as though lit by an invisible Light . |
| 23 | Here at least is an honourable attempt to deal with a serious theme ; though based on a true story , it still leaves a lingering suspicion that life is not quite so neat . |
| 24 | Faced with a wide range of demands and severe shortages of funding , they must make decisions about priorities , and in the last analysis the creation of a scheme of priorities for provision — though based upon a complex pattern of evidence about user requirements — must in part be the result of the librarian 's own judgement . |
| 25 | Gina enunciated the words as though speaking to a backward child . |
| 26 | ‘ Though speaking from the longest distance , ’ wrote the editor of the Highbury Quadrant Church magazine , ‘ Mr Dawson , as on previous occasions , was best heard of all . |
| 27 | But remember ’ — he had lifted an arm now and was prodding with his forefinger as though pointing to the furthest corners of the country ( he was feeling the attention of the crowd and letting it recharge his energy ) , ‘ the people are mightier than a lord . ’ |
| 28 | As though clinging to the last moments of a vanishing pleasure , he counted the baulks of timber edging darkly towards the boats . |
| 29 | Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance . |
| 30 | Here , too , the features were large , and clumsily applied : a nose like a ridge of clay , lips that recalled a Nubian 's , though set in a bitter line ; a protruding blue chin and ears so prominent that they covered half the sides of his head . |