Example sentences of "though he [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At last , as though he had answered it in his own mind , he said ‘ What is the unicorn ? ’ |
| 3 | Rufus had never seen anyone do that before , though he had seen it in pictures on seaside postcards . |
| 4 | The man 's face was a glistening red , as though he had smeared it with Vaseline . |
| 5 | But though he had masked it quickly she knew he was shaken by her announcement . |
| 6 | The squire 's white velvet purse had weighed him down , and though he had slipped it out of his jerkin and felt it sink past his feet , coins still seemed to be clinging to his armpit . |
| 7 | And in another case , decided in the same year , the Court of Appeal held that a mistress was entitled to a beneficial interest in the house she had shared with her lover even though he had left it to marry another woman . |
| 8 | Cocaine debts , he said — though he 'd kicked it long ago . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 10 | He was a fan of the BCR though he came to know it only in the last few years of its life . |
| 11 | Oz Hotz de Baar stopped burning his straw 5 years ago , even though he 's found it more expensive to plough it in . |
| 12 | She sensed a difference in her man ; there was a remoteness in Sharpe this night which , though he tried to hide it , was very obvious to Lucille . |
| 13 | She knew he was suffering , because even though he tried to hide it , Beth saw it in his eyes . |
| 14 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 15 | Though he prefers to call it the Hospice Coast to Coast , ramblers have already nicknamed the route Clapperton 's Way . |
| 16 | The former Cabinet minister refused to rule out the possibility in the wake of his scornful accusation that the Prime Minister 's shrewd political instincts had been led astray by the ‘ Irish logic ’ of the Foreign Office , though he did say it was ‘ very unlikely ’ . |
| 17 | Then she noticed the walking stick jammed up against the wall between the table and the chair , exactly as though he wanted to hide it or disown it . |
| 18 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |