Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] though [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Allen he asked as though he believed it was he who had been responsible for the verderer 's disappearance . |
| 2 | He looks as though he 's been a footballer in his time . |
| 3 | If only Cassan can get him safely through the speed leg , which so often plays a decisive part in the overall result , he looks as though he would relish the bigger obstacles expected for the second and third legs . |
| 4 | He looks as though he wants to Exocet me . ’ |
| 5 | He looks as though he could do with a decent meal , ’ Markby observed . |
| 6 | But if he looks as though he may pounce on them , they shoot at him , and if they kill him , they cut him in pieces and roast him and regale themselves , repeating all the while , ‘ It is the Russians who are eating you , not us . ’ |
| 7 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 8 | Can we have one , for if he looks as though he 's straining ? |
| 9 | How dared he act as though she were the guilty party ? |
| 10 | He behaved as though he had n't seen Ellie , as though she did n't exist , and she felt a lump come into her throat , felt hurt , and diminished , which was so stupid . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Why did he feel as though he had just run his sword through the heart of something small and desperately struggling for survival ? |
| 13 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 14 | He nodded as though he knew . |
| 15 | He acted as though he was very important , as though he expected to be treated differently from — better than — anyone else . |
| 16 | He flinched as though she had struck him , and his face suffused with anger . |
| 17 | She noticed that he walked as though he had pebbles in his shoes . |
| 18 | Her gaze flicked over Riven cursorily , and he stiffened as though he had been struck . |
| 19 | He worked as though he was trying to remove every hair from the horse 's hide . |
| 20 | He talked as though he had learnt Latin constructions before English . |
| 21 | He thought that though our advertising and promotion were good we were not publicising the true nature of the event , i.e. Salford graduates returning to tell of their experiences . |
| 22 | Sometimes he implies that they can be , but at other times he speaks as though they are always ‘ observed to exist in several combinations ’ . |
| 23 | He feels as though he 's in limbo . |
| 24 | I do n't know why , yeah and I think he feels as though you , he says well if you decorate it right you can blend it in with the wallpaper |
| 25 | Creggan held his breath for he knew that though she was speaking of him as if he was not there really it was she who had become something else and that some power was using her to speak to him directly . |
| 26 | He felt as though there were a space for him in the universe , and he exactly filled it . |
| 27 | He felt as though he were going under dentist 's gas … |
| 28 | He felt as though he lived in a purposeless world . |
| 29 | He felt as though he was prying , and as though he was being uselessly urged on by some violent emotion of curiosity — not greed , curiosity , more fundamental even than sex , the desire for knowledge . |
| 30 | At this discovery he felt as though he was really achieving something . |