Example sentences of "though [pron] [verb] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You at least know my name — though I prefer to be called Rory . ’ |
| 2 | The man was now attacking Mr Pitt , calling him worse than the devil , cursing Parliament for being too feeble against him , raging — though it had to be admitted as a fine rage , a rage which at least convinced the speaker — against the law , the constitution , the King — ; |
| 3 | Sheila E , Prince 's drummer , had already established her musician 's credentials before she joined him , though it remains to be seen where she goes from here . |
| 4 | There are now strong pressures to extend the duration of CVRs to cover the whole of any flight , though it remains to be seen how long it will take to have such a standard accepted . |
| 5 | This demand is not quite as plausible as it looks , though it deserves to be taken seriously . |
| 6 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 7 | It can hardly have been on account of the unanimous beliefs of the many Home Secretaries who passed through the department during the period — though it has to be said that only one , Roy Jenkins , showed any real interest in the issue and he did what he could to achieve action . |
| 8 | There has also been a certain amount of experimental work by linguists and psychologists which supports the hypothesis that for current speakers of English , generic masculines are interpreted as masculine rather than generic — though it has to be said the results of this work are not entirely clear-cut , except perhaps in the case of generic man . |
| 9 | But , once again , Scotland had done their homework , though it has to be said that Monsieur Dume was a little different from the referee of Cardiff , presumably because referees also watch videos and wince at their own sins , not least of omission . |
| 10 | It was this inability to up the run rate that coach Jim Love blamed for the defeat , though it has to be said that Storie had done well to repair a bad start when the Scots lost both openers , Bruce Patterson and Iain Philip , on 17 . |
| 11 | ‘ We are about to stand into an ocean where no ship has ever sailed before , ’ Magellan is said to have cried ( though it has to be reiterated that there is no hard evidence that he dit so ) . |
| 12 | I hope this set may yet surface on CD , though it has to be admitted that it is largely eclipsed by the more complete EMI anthology . |
| 13 | We can look at the relationship between perceptions of paper bias and the electors ' own partisanship amongst ‘ readers of right-wing papers ’ , though it has to be remembered that different Voters are Evaluating different individual papers . |
| 14 | Blacksmithing must have been a common occupation with one , or probably more , smith in each town and settlement , though it has to be remembered that some of the larger country estates , such as Chedworth , were virtually self-sufficient with their own resident smiths . |
| 15 | The concept of structure also has its risks and its dangers , even though it appears to be based on the idea of relations as opposed to entities or determining origins ( as we saw above in the discussion of the Prague School ) . |
| 16 | There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school . |
| 17 | Duke , whose campaign had been opposed personally by both Reagan and Bush , announced on Dec. 4 that he would run in the open primary for election as a state senator even though he failed to be ratified by the Republican party 's state convention . |
| 18 | Though he had to be punished , of course … |
| 19 | Nor did he introduce himself to Ellen or Thessy , but instead looked warily up into the rigging as though he expected to be ambushed from the foremast 's crosstrees . |
| 20 | He acted as though he was very important , as though he expected to be treated differently from — better than — anyone else . |
| 21 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |
| 22 | However , 33 home turned a potentially ordinary round into what even Woosnam admitted was a ‘ good one ’ though he refused to be deceived by it . |