Example sentences of "though [pers pn] was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drank to the toast , though I was not at all sure that we would actually make the crossing in Wavebreaker . |
| 2 | He was quite prepared now to admit that he had been mistaken about Marie : that she was not thick and that , though she was not very articulate , she was , in her way , intelligent , kind , even sensitive . |
| 3 | She enjoyed having tea at the Vicarage , though she was not the only visitor . |
| 4 | The blood on my face was not mine — though she was not to know this . |
| 5 | Though she was not really homesick , penning the letters somehow kept her close . |
| 6 | There was another girl , Caroline , who , it appeared , lived at No. 45 , though she was not much seen . |
| 7 | Thus , when she was hosting a major fashion show in Paris , featuring the best British designers , she invited Laura to attend , even though she was not showing Ashley clothes . |
| 8 | Though she was not entirely at ease with Mrs Frere her heart flooded with sympathy for her loss . |
| 9 | Mr Stanforth came from behind his desk to meet his visitor in person , and settle her with ceremony into the client 's chair , though she was not a client , had no need whatever of a solicitor , and had come here in response to his telephoned request chiefly out of pure curiosity , of which she had a woman 's proper share . |
| 10 | Her name came up now and again in succeeding chapters , though she was not allowed to have played a significant part in his life . |
| 11 | In the days when she had first known him she had wondered idly whether she might see Rupert round here , ‘ going in ’ or ‘ coming out ’ , though she was not clear when this might be expected or even what he might have been doing . |
| 12 | And though she was not surprised that , for the sake of appearances , Jake 's fiancée was to be installed in one of the guest-rooms , it did surprise her that he had chosen the rose room . |
| 13 | Liz McColgan was allowed to run in the 3,000 metres in the UK Championships the previous weekend even though she was not entered . |
| 14 | Some see the conflict as having been crystallised by Proust , who wrote an attack on the critic Sainte-Beuve in 1908 ( though it was not published until 1954 ) . |
| 15 | Somehow Beethoven did , though it was not , one feels , a reading he would have approved . |
| 16 | Flames of doubt were fanned by the crew 's insistence that they had activated the emergency radio beacon for a week , though it was not picked up . |
| 17 | One other book came out of the Durham days , though it was not published till later . |
| 18 | She made a point of ensuring that others did not disturb him when he was at his books , even though it was not always a rule that she was able to keep herself . |
| 19 | McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame . |
| 20 | Though it was not admitting it , the Japanese government had been ready to do so all along . |
| 21 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 22 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 23 | The relationship with Mimi had survived its stormy months , though it was not destined to last much longer . |
| 24 | But Programme Analysis and Review , which had not flourished since the early Heath era , effectively died under Callaghan , though it was not formally buried until Mrs Thatcher was in No. 10 . |
| 25 | a struggle , though it was not |
| 26 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 27 | Outside , men in wellingtons excited comment , though it was not long before everyone appreciated the value of waterproof boots . |
| 28 | Gerald Peach , sing secretary , said that , though it was not what it used to be , ‘ it is a tradition we are anxious to maintain ’ . |
| 29 | Though it was not mandated by the enabling legislation , environmental improvement was seen by many planners as a necessary condition before the street could become one based on human dimensions rather than those of traffic . |
| 30 | First , and most simply , though it was not at all uncommon for administrators to feel exasperated by Masai obduracy , or disapproving of certain aspects of the Masai way of life ( such as collective fornication throughout the years of early manhood ) , it was rare indeed for one in close contact with them to conceive a personal dislike for them . |