Example sentences of "though [pron] be [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 2 | A meeting of minds that produced the deliriously demented ‘ Scumbag ’ , where Yoko sounds as though she is having a demonic possession as Lennon bellows out ‘ SCUMBAG ! |
| 3 | She suffered a serious head injury even though she was wearing a recommended riding hat . |
| 4 | An inquest has heard how a fifteen year old girl died in a fall from her horse — even though she was wearing a recommended safety helmet . |
| 5 | She tried not to sound as though she were interrogating the older woman . |
| 6 | Hunger is a problem that simply should not arise on the F-Plan , even though you are restricting the actual number of calories consumed each day . |
| 7 | Worn with jeans the all-in-one looks as though you 're wearing a regular vest . |
| 8 | So again we do need to practise coordination it needs to have lots of practice , it is of course frequently affected by certain types of illnesses er and , and again that may be inevitable but again the more past experience you 've acquired and the more , the greater your ability to fight back , even though you 're fighting a losing battle if it 's an illness , can you see it 's going to delay the difficult bit the difficult part longer , you 're going to be able to cope . |
| 9 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 10 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
| 11 | Since then , Runrig have become a national institution and Capercaillie look as though they 're heading the same way . |
| 12 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 13 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 14 | I have flown with a number of people who , with the slightest lowering of the nose or the gentlest stall , look as though they are having an epileptic fit . |
| 15 | He 's convinced though they are heading the right way . |
| 16 | It was not as though other people were speaking a foreign language , but rather as though they were using the English language as the basis of a code to which I had somehow lost the key . |
| 17 | Naval officers received no help from the Treasury for their outfits , though they were given a small tax allowance . |
| 18 | They were beginning to attract a penumbra of gallery-goers , as though they were offering a guided tour . |
| 19 | There 's a man-track in fact , there are several — and they look as though they were used a good deal . |
| 20 | Campaigns to involve the Liberal Party in an electoral agreement with the Labour and Communist Parties were less significant , though they were to provide the ultimate form of the " People 's Front " . |
| 21 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |
| 22 | The England manager is a slave to slip catching practice , difficult though it is to recall the last time one of his bowlers located an outside edge . |
| 23 | There is person A , who seems to be strangely in the power of person B , and though he is deriving no visible benefit from the relationship , can not break out of it . |
| 24 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 25 | ‘ He wo n't make a decision until he 's seen her , though he 's having the surgical team paged and prepped . |
| 26 | Wycliffe was puzzled ; the young man had answered his questions concisely and without hesitation , almost as though he was repeating a well-learned lesson , yet what he said was reasonable and credible . |
| 27 | ‘ That figures , ’ he replied , and suddenly his face was working as though he was having a mighty battle not to break down . |
| 28 | ‘ Sit down , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said in a slow ponderous voice , as though he were inviting a weary traveller to take his ease . |