Example sentences of "[adv] though [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long though I have lived , I never understand better as years pass . |
| 2 | And Jay was pacing her attic , bars tightening and cracking around a heart that would not stop hurting ; she could not lay her body down though it screamed for rest and knots of fury made her neck and shoulders a steely hunch like a vulture . |
| 3 | Once they go down though you 've started |
| 4 | Personally though I do n't mind hefty boots and would prefer to feel the greater support around my ankles offered by other boots in the High Country range . |
| 5 | So though he laughed at Mr Hellyer 's joke he was able to say , with perfect seriousness , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 6 | This may be so though I venture to doubt it . |
| 7 | And much though I appreciate your relentless exhumation of the world 's injustices month by month , I find myself hankering after the wacky old days . |
| 8 | Much though I understand the worries expressed by residents of the district to be served by the hospital , one must also take account of the basis of their concern , and the misinformation which has caused their alarm . |
| 9 | It 's no good putting it off any longer though he 's been a great comfort to me , mind . ’ |
| 10 | the three-vaned the best though I have no means of measuring aerodynamic efficiency . |
| 11 | But it 's not though they 've cracked one big crime ring . |
| 12 | Come on lads , ever though we 've only lost once in 20 games , it 's upto 10 wins and 9 draws when we started with 5 wins on the trot . |
| 13 | Wonderfully , miraculously she was here , and lovely as ever though she looked tired . |
| 14 | Sincerely though I respect the wish of hon. Members on both sides of the House to ensure that their constituents can benefit from access to the channel tunnel — I have no desire to stand in the way of their efforts to make that wish come true — I urge that the interests of my constituents , who will have to put up with untold misery for an extended eight-year period , should be given closer consideration than BR has given them hitherto . |
| 15 | Quickly though she dried them on her wrist . |
| 16 | Many of these farm workers originally migrated from Zambia or Mozambique , but some have been in Zimbabwe for a generation or more though they have no regularized status . |
| 17 | Wildly though I struggled , using all my strength , the net was unbreakable . |
| 18 | Can I just point out though you see this , the difference between NUPE and NALGO and that , we have n't got a problem . |
| 19 | Typically though he refuses to make any outrageous predictions , except to offer the view that it will take time to get the club back up and running . |
| 20 | So far though it has not been a problem raising money for the sharp end of mountain rescue — for new ropes or new vehicles and the like . |
| 21 | Often though they proceed to deal seriously enough , as blindly hooked as punters , and no less destined for disillusionment . |
| 22 | Now though she had met a young man and felt strange feelings which she could not quite understand . |
| 23 | Now though she stifled that feeling and gave herself up to the joy of being in his arms and hearing how long and how deeply he had loved her . |
| 24 | Now though I 've got to just get on with the rest of my life |
| 25 | As I look back now though I realise the similarities , in six months time I will be embarking on a new era of my life , my first day at sixth form . |
| 26 | Joy , because it did not rest upon his own faith , strongly though he valued that : but when in the morass of doubt , one has no confidence in subjective attitudes such as faith . |
| 27 | Fast though they run , they all keep in step , so that the whole group looks more like a snake gliding through the undergrowth than a family of young mammals on an outing . |
| 28 | We 've told no one you 're coming so you can hermit or not as you please though I know Laura would love to see you if you felt able . |
| 29 | ‘ Even though we remain hopeful I 'd have to characterise yesterday as disappointing , ’ FBI agent Bob Ricks said at a daily news briefing on the 23rd day of the stand-off between cult members and federal authorities . |
| 30 | Even though we cover 20 businesses in 39 countries , Courtaulds is a pretty close knit company . |