Example sentences of "[subord] though it be [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The gipsies wo n't appreciate my help and they 'll do nothing to assist me , but this sounds as though it 's a very serious assault . |
| 2 | I take my drink to a table and sit staring at my shopping list as though it 's the most fascinating thing in the world . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't see , ’ she explained , as though it was a perfectly obvious thing to do . |
| 4 | ‘ His name is Craig Grenfell , ’ Hari said , folding the damp towel neatly as though it was the most important thing in the world . |
| 5 | He made it sound as though it was the most wonderful thing in the world . |
| 6 | ‘ Damian … ! ’ she whispered , saying his name as though it was the most precious sound in the world , gaining intense pleasure from it on her lips as though she was really saying , I love you , I love you . |
| 7 | The sleight of hand had not been performed to show off ; he had done it in a matter-of-fact way , as though it were no more unusual than scratching his ear . |
| 8 | Lothian Region Transport is a bus company which , although owned by the Council , acts independently as though it were a privately owned firm , it has no powers or funding to subsidise bus services . |
| 9 | It so happened that this entailed doubling back a considerable way of the route , but , so Mr Charles assures me , my father accepted the request as though it were a perfectly reasonable one , and in general , continued to behave with immaculate courtesy . |
| 10 | In some ways I think the one in the hardest position was Patsy 's husband , but he behaved as though it were the most natural thing in the world . |
| 11 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , again , as though it were the most reasonable thing in the world , but she saw that her mother looked worried , and that doubtless Papa was behaving as he did because he had been worried about her , his darling , whom he had sent away from him , only to lose her in a foreign country — for that was what Britain was . |
| 13 | And the finding of the suit a few years ago was the start of the hunt that they now have every year , ’ she explained matter-of-factly as though it were the most usual thing in the world . |
| 14 | ‘ Find another dressmaker , ’ he said calmly as though it were the most natural thing in the world to have a wedding dress that did n't fit on the eve of the great day . |