Example sentences of "though he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the marriage did not stop the Prince 's favourite pastime of bedding as many women as he could , though he became more discreet . |
| 2 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 3 | Mr Baker was not entirely wrong in wanting a simple , forceful document for parents , though he failed to understand that some difficult issues — the teaching of grammar or Standard English , for example — need careful and detailed explanation . |
| 4 | Duke , whose campaign had been opposed personally by both Reagan and Bush , announced on Dec. 4 that he would run in the open primary for election as a state senator even though he failed to be ratified by the Republican party 's state convention . |
| 5 | Though he rejoined the race a few minutes later , Albers , who won the opening round of the series at Donington , was forced to call it a day four laps later . |
| 6 | Though he mixes fact with imagination , he provides a lively picture of an English country house of the time . |
| 7 | Clive had returned to England with his private profits from his trading and military activities , though he spent his money so fast ( largely on an unsuccessful attempt to get into Parliament ) that he was soon back in India , serving on what was becoming recognizable as the military side of the Company 's concerns . |
| 8 | She walked past him to the door , and though he followed and came quickly up to her side he did not again offer her his hand . |
| 9 | I mean , yesterday he eat three as though he eats every night . |
| 10 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 11 | Though he got some support from Board members Hilary Wainwright and Vella Pillay of the Bank of China ( who changed his mind and agreed that Sutton had to go as soon as he saw Pilger 's pages ) , there was no real point . |
| 12 | Though he got excited at each new development in his investigations , he soon became disillusioned again . |
| 13 | Though he got the lines , Michael Banks 's performance was very subdued , only a vestige of what he could achieve . |
| 14 | Pembo had good comments from Jimmy Armfield and scumlover , though he got booked . |
| 15 | he 's a lot better though he got them tablets , he got some tablets from doctor on Monday when he went |
| 16 | Solicitor Tim Robinson says magistrates were right to bail Andrew Hagans on a rape charge , even though he killed council worker Anna McGurk just days later . |
| 17 | Boris Mavra , Oxford 's Yugoslavian three , was so exhausted that he had to be lifted out of the boat , though he recovered quickly . |
| 18 | Taylor 's slip catching had suddenly become a worry , though he recovered his poise with a good take late in the match , no longer rigid as he threw himself low to his right . |
| 19 | He speaks five languages , but does n't use them much — in speech , that is , though he reads a lot . |
| 20 | Swift was soon appointed dean of St Patrick 's in Dublin , though he assured Diaper : ‘ I will move Heaven and Earth that something may be done for you . ’ |
| 21 | So though he laughed at Mr Hellyer 's joke he was able to say , with perfect seriousness , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 22 | Though he laughed there was no matching humour in his eyes . |
| 23 | During the 1980s Hewitt-Jones suffered from depression , which inhibited composition , though he continued to produce new works . |
| 24 | It is as though he continued to play with toys all his life and never reached maturity . |
| 25 | The actor Esmond Knight who was an RNVR officer in the new battleship Prince of Wales gave a dramatic account of the arrival of the Bismarck 's salvo that had blinded him ( though he continued to act after the war and performed in The Red Shoes with Moira ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Little Fav ’ ( he seemed everybody 's favourite , with his bouncy , cheerful disposition ) had to wait three years before his next Test appearance , though he continued to bamboozle many a batsman in domestic cricket . |
| 27 | Though he continued to profess his patriotism as an Englishman and refuted the suggestion that he wanted to imitate Hitler , it was in Germany alone that his hope seemed capable of embodiment . |
| 28 | But though he continued to broadcast for the Nazis throughout the war , he was never to match the growth in fame of the new arrival at Charlottenburg . |
| 29 | Appointed in March 1379 one of the king 's master carpenters , in 1380 he was charged with works at Leeds Castle , Kent , though he continued at Rochester until 1387 . |
| 30 | Later he expressed private misgivings about the Italian regime , though he continued his diplomatic missions , the last being a visit to Brazil in 1935 to defend Italy 's invasion of Abyssinia . |