Example sentences of "and though [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Hundreds of these survive ; and though they can never be a substitute for the originals , and raise very difficult problems of reliability , the best are beautiful and many are of real value to the art historian . |
2 | My dad , who , as I have already told you , was a docker by trade , never seemed to take that much interest in any of us and though he could sometimes earn as much as a pound a week , the money always seemed to end up in the Black Bull , where it was spent on pint after pint of ale , and gambled away on games of cribbage or dominoes in the company of our next-door neighbour , Bert Shorrocks , a man who never seemed to speak , just grunt . |
3 | And though she would dearly have loved to deny it , Beth remained silent . |
4 | And though she would never admit to it , I was sure there were moments , however fleeting and however infrequent , when she wished she 'd been with the Church of England , rather than the Roman Church . |
5 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
6 | No servant need attend him , and though there might well be music made before the evening ended , a girl singer could not fittingly be a part of the entertainment in the abbot 's lodging . |