Example sentences of "though [pers pn] be [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At my age it 's not as though I 'm going to be snapped up at any other club . |
| 2 | And now it looks as though I 'm going to be tied up with television work pretty regularly . ’ |
| 3 | She felt as though she was going to be sick . |
| 4 | Mrs Gray sounded as though she were trying to be fair . |
| 5 | I mean , you 're not gon na be it 's not as though you 're gon na be having people staying or erm I mean if you 're gon na get a little place with a little single bed in |
| 6 | It looks as though you 're gon na be a bit unlucky , wait a minute , oh no , no I 'm a wanderer , do , do , do , do no that 's your lot Paula I wonder if they 've got any more of those decent knives , those Kitchen Devils |
| 7 | As though you 're going to be sick . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll never be rich … though you 're going to be happy . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You look as though you were going to be sick , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Good morning , Jimmy , ’ she greeted him , and , putting the files down , ‘ It looks as though we 're going to be busy , busy , busy ! ’ |
| 11 | It looks as though we 're gon na be doing some extra survey work . |
| 12 | It looks as though they 're going to be regular visitors here . ’ |
| 13 | Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance . |
| 14 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 15 | Warners sound as though they are going to be worthy custodians of the Smiths ' glorious heritage . |
| 16 | In 1982 all these qualities looked as though they were going to be urgently required . |
| 17 | The smile froze on her face as his words , jocular though they were meant to be , slammed home with the force of a bullet . |
| 18 | To aggravate all this further , the records all sound as though they were designed to be played on compact disc . |
| 19 | And at the end of the day then , you have to weigh up whether or not you decide that even though , if you like in the strictest financial terms , it is not profitable to open the cinema and to employ staff doing that although presumably they 'd have to be employed doing something else unless you changed their rota patterns nonetheless because of your the demands of funding bodies , your own cultural aims and equal opportunities policies , you 've decided that you will do so even though it 's going to be marginally a loss in financial terms . |
| 20 | Although … well , it does look as though it 's going to be a long time before they can leave hospital , ’ she added sorrowfully . |
| 21 | Though it 's meant to be secret . |
| 22 | These may need to be debated as they were before compromises may need to be rich , but I 'm afraid it looks as though it 's gon na be a compromise only between two parties , but this is n't a . |
| 23 | The exact cost , and hence the viability , of the energy source remains to be determined , though it is projected to be about 10 pence a unit , five times the existing price of coal but only twice the cost of nuclear power . |
| 24 | … Under such a rule , would-be critics of official conduct may be deterred from voicing their criticism , even though it is believed to be true and even though it is in fact true , because of doubt whether it can be proved in court or fear of the expense of having to do so . |
| 25 | ‘ Under such a rule , would-be critics of official conduct may be deterred from voicing their criticism , even though it is believed to be true and even though it is in fact true , because of doubt whether it can be proved in court or fear of the expense of having to do so . |
| 26 | It remains a secret , though it is said to be passed on from chairman to chairman in a discreet whisper . |
| 27 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |
| 28 | But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time . |
| 29 | Shapes should agree with choices ( i.e. it should be " choices that shape … " ) but the intervening " that " seems to have interfered , as though it is taken to be a singular subject . |
| 30 | ‘ Successful ’ though it is deemed to be , the new Cavalier took seven years from conception to launch — an extremely long time , and a year longer than planned . |