Example sentences of "though [pron] [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , it just looks as though someone 's not going to turn up because for one reason or another they 've been held up . |
| 2 | The night is black and there are no streetlights , and I feel as though I am not driving on a road at all , but forcing my way through clotted bushes . |
| 3 | It turns out ( though I am not going to prove it here ) that the v ( x , y ) = constant curves are orthogonal trajectories of the u ( x , y ) = constant curves . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , she was , though I was n't thinking of Lucia . ’ |
| 5 | I was terrified , even though I was n't operating . |
| 6 | It 's quite an empire , Meredith , and I created it — though I was n't expecting to part with it , except to my son . |
| 7 | And anyhow , ’ he ended with a trace of a grin , ‘ even though I was n't admitting the power you had over me , I think that even then I subconsciously did n't want you driving off anywhere where I might not easily find you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sandra did n't have any experience in auditing , so I taught her how to audit , even though I was n't qualified then , ’ remembers Claire . |
| 9 | After she had been arrested for playing the two-backed beast with Culpepper — and me , though I was n't caught , but there again that 's another tale — the king 's guards came to take her whilst she was staying at Hampton Court . |
| 10 | I could sense its vibrations , though I was n't bothered by it ’ ( p.126 ) . |
| 11 | Bill Reynolds runs an organic farm in Somerset and makes arguably — though I 'm not arguing — the best bacon in England . |
| 12 | B : ‘ I feel as though I 'm not doing my duty as a father . |
| 13 | I I feel as though I 'm not doing anything useful . |
| 14 | Someone like Northside or The Mondays , though I 'm not knocking ‘ em , they 're more about grooves . ’ |
| 15 | Muriel is perhaps this author 's most disagreeable character , though she is not seen without pity . |
| 16 | She struggles , eyes widening further , but I pin her to the sheets with my weight and keep the glove firmly over her mouth even though she is n't making any noise . |
| 17 | any more any more trouble even though she 's not getting into bad trouble as such it 's going off and coming home |
| 18 | Liz McColgan was allowed to run in the 3,000 metres in the UK Championships the previous weekend even though she was not entered . |
| 19 | Thus , when she was hosting a major fashion show in Paris , featuring the best British designers , she invited Laura to attend , even though she was not showing Ashley clothes . |
| 20 | The blood on my face was not mine — though she was not to know this . |
| 21 | Her name came up now and again in succeeding chapters , though she was not allowed to have played a significant part in his life . |
| 22 | Melanie had joined us , having put Antiope to bed somewhere among the tents , and so had her minder Tricia , though she was n't slamming with us , rather contenting herself with a small carton of yoghurt drink and a straw . |
| 23 | She could feel the force of his personality even though she was n't looking at him . |
| 24 | Even though she was n't looking at him , she knew he was smiling scornfully , and the awareness made her clench her hands into fists . |
| 25 | She could feel the heat of his glare even though she was n't looking at him . |
| 26 | It helps to ease my pain , even though you are n't hearing me . |
| 27 | I assume you wrote this for the New Staffroom , though you are n't credited . |
| 28 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 29 | Even though you are not swinging fully , you want the action to feel positive , so eliminate any hand action . |
| 30 | Practise applying your make-up so that it looks as though you 're not wearing any at all — it 's a real art , but it can be done ! |