Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] though [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he woke , sweating and exhausted , with his heart thudding as though he had been running , it was properly morning . |
| 2 | Most initiatives arose from the ‘ movement left ’ — that amorphous network of local groupings , cultural ventures and autonomous campaigns that was the legacy of the libertarian revolts of the late 1960s and early 1970s — rather than from within the existing labour movement ( apart from the Institute for Workers ' Control , which in the mid-1970s looked as though it might become a major national forum for the newer movements of the 1970s and the earlier generation of intellectuals and trade unionists who had quit the Communist Party after 1956 ) . |
| 3 | The zeds of the fire-escapes looked as though they were used in earnest twice a week they were grimed to a cinder . |
| 4 | That hair looks as though it 'll take a lot of coping with . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose both of them were silent ; but I thought that O looked as though something was almost over , as if he was ending somehow . |
| 6 | His hair , by contrast , fell untidily to his shoulders and his patchy beard looked as though it had been stuck on at random . |
| 7 | His voice was low , but he was breathing harder and his eyes gleamed as though he held Tug in a trap . |
| 8 | Indeed , why is so much that is trivial in organizations treated as though it were a state secret ? |
| 9 | It flew well , however , the radio transmitter failed , this added to the mysterious contamination of the ground fuel supply , the actual Atlantic attempt looked as though it would be delayed . |
| 10 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 11 | The superintendent grimaced as though her nostrils had suddenly detected a bad smell . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , my , ’ Vitor murmured , the corner of his mouth twitching as though he found her vehemence entertaining . |
| 13 | She makes love with her eyes closed as though she is trying not to look at him . |
| 14 | Erm but this this this doorway , does this doorway look as though it 's always been here ? |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | She had a little pug-like dog who wore an expression of perpetual outrage , its eyes bulging as though someone had just said something unforgivable to it . |
| 17 | At first beginners may find that after about five minutes their legs feel as though they were burning , and they may begin to shake . |
| 18 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 19 | Earlier however Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the young Aberdonians when they raced into a 2-0 advantage from scores by David McKay and Michael Starling but a goal by Philip Webster just before half time gave the northerners a timely boost . |
| 20 | At the thought of those tears , my eyes felt as though they were being crushed and I wished that that moment would last forever . |
| 21 | The first is a belief that education consists of the transmission of ‘ male ’ knowledge ; that is , that what is taught in schools is simply an account of male experience presented as though it were everybody 's experience . |
| 22 | The organiser of The Other Story , Rasheed Araeen , has made much study of the art criticism of the early Seventies and the post-modernist theories of the Eighties , and his work looks as though it has no knowledge of the world not gleaned from art magazines . |
| 23 | I would n't do that gave vouchers looks as though you ca n't be bothered she knows I 'm getting that voucher of that I 'll probably go and see something . |
| 24 | Now party influence looks as though it is again on the wane . |
| 25 | While the uppers often irritatingly remain almost as new as they day they came out of the box , the outsole looks as though it 's been left behind on the concrete , which of course it has . |
| 26 | To Polly the long , crimson-enamelled nails looked as though they had been dipped in blood . |
| 27 | Erm his , his cold looks as though it 's settling in his eyes |
| 28 | Both are possibilities but some of the smaller cairns look as though they were thrown together by walkers while they were having their tea break . |
| 29 | All my bones feel as though they 're seizing up . |
| 30 | The Scottish Fold cat appears as though it is permanently in the act of lowering its ears . |