Example sentences of "although he [verb] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one year old he was the ideal age for breeding and although he 'd never been with another bird before , his first mate produced eggs within two months . |
| 2 | Although he 'd never been blessed with a particularly vivid imagination , Charlie saw it all in an instant . |
| 3 | He knew Osnabrück fairly well , as he knew most towns in 1st British Corps area , although he 'd never been stationed there . |
| 4 | It was from the vantage point of the Master 's Lodge , a family place , that Thomson , cheerful and generous , made his most distinctive contribution to university affairs , although he had already been active since the 1930s in adult education , as both a part-time tutor and a committee member , and from 1950 to 1958 he had sat on the council of the senate . |
| 5 | Zhao himself remained under investigation , although he had reportedly been allowed to retain his party membership . |
| 6 | Ken , who although he had just been appointed Bishop , was still a Royal Chaplain , remained beside the bed of the dying King for three days and nights , ‘ watching at proper intervals to suggest pious and proper thoughts and ejaculations on so serious an occasion ’ . |
| 7 | He received a formal grant of the land in December 1471 , although he had perhaps been promised it earlier , since one of his associates was promoted to a benefice within the estate in the previous October . |
| 8 | He received a formal grant of the land in December 1471 , although he had perhaps been promised it earlier , since one of his associates was promoted to a benefice within the estate in the previous October . |
| 9 | Although he had recently been converted , it was Paisley 's conservative attack on unreliable unionist leaders which first drew him to Free Presbyterianism . |
| 10 | And , although he had recently been known to talk to an invisible giant white rabbit and peek at his neighbours through binoculars , neither of these traits were deemed enough to blacken him in the eyes of the electors . |
| 11 | Although he had only been in his new job for a few days before the murder , Dave Pushell had already tried to imprint his personality on the office . |
| 12 | Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years . |
| 13 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 14 | He 's got a crooked back , you see , and although he 's always been rich , he was never really happy until he married . ’ |
| 15 | He feels sorry for people who are disabled although he has never been able to walk properly himself . |
| 16 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 17 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |