Example sentences of "even though [pron] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then went on to discuss whether an employee could use his recollection of any features of the plaintiff 's plant , machinery or process which they claimed were peculiar to them even though they admitted that their competitors used similar machinery . |
| 2 | Surely it is possible that a jury might decline to convict of murder a person who intentionally killed under gross provocation , even though they knew that the judge could give a lenient sentence , because they wished to signify the reduction in the defendant 's culpability by using the less stigmatic label of manslaughter . |
| 3 | They did , however have unrealised expectations about the number of clients for whom they would need to provide paid support workers even though they predicted that they would not find it necessary to provide such carers for ail clients . |
| 4 | There was a lack of information about availability in Northern Ireland , even though everyone knew that the situation was serious . |
| 5 | She knew that he would be hurt even though she hoped that he had stopped loving such an undeserving , self-serving shrew , because anyone would be hurt by such a scene . |
| 6 | In inviting her Rachel had proclaimed the absolute acceptability to her of her daughter even though she knew that Rachel did not feel this . |
| 7 | She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area . |
| 8 | It felt too much as if she was shunting him off for her own convenience , even though she knew that it was the only sane and sensible thing to do . |
| 9 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't see why I should , ’ he replied , but , to make her heart spurt , even though she knew that he meant nothing by it , ‘ But for you , I will , ’ he added . |
| 11 | ‘ How ? ’ he repeated , but , even though she thought that he suddenly seemed a little on edge , and although he appeared to hesitate — as if , most oddly , he was a little unsure , he then looked straight into her eyes and stated , ‘ There have been countless instances when , because of you , I 've found myself doing things which I would n't have believed . |
| 12 | Agnes never took part in such conversations ; she never spoke badly of Paul , even though she sensed that this alienated her somewhat from other women . |
| 13 | Kate found it hard to avoid hearing about him ; he seemed daily to be permeating her senses almost as if he were personally hounding her even though she accepted that had to be crazy thinking on her part . |
| 14 | She did not trust the count even though she admitted that he had a strange effect on her . |
| 15 | But there was no way she could bring herself to like the other woman , even though she suspected that , had the circumstances been different , she would have warmed to her immediately . |
| 16 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 17 | Even though it meant that going to fetch the letters gave you scratches and nettle-stings . |
| 18 | His Lordship could not accept that a sensible construction of paragraph 19 involved that , provided only the commercial deputising service was large and efficient enough , the FPC was in practice obliged to give its consent even though it knew that the doctor in question intended to delegate his entire practice to such an organisation . |
| 19 | My letters were now addressed not from the Middle East Forces , but from the British North African Forces and , moreover , headed 137/166 Newfoundland Regiment , R.A. This quite confused me for I had never heard of Canadians in North Africa — even though I knew that Newfoundland was not really Canada . |
| 20 | ‘ Even so , I 've been trying to get to this level for seven or eight years , even though I knew that people liked what I did . |
| 21 | It is equivalent to landing on the hedge because you did not close the airbrake , even though you knew that you were likely to hit it . |
| 22 | She admitted that , ‘ even though you knew that what you said did n't matter ’ , it was a daunting experience ; in fact ‘ afterwards , counsel apologised for giving me such a hard time ’ . |
| 23 | Most of all , perhaps , as the woman behind these anonymous observations concludes , ‘ When you were with him , you were all he was ever interested in , even though you knew that a week or two later it would be somebody else . |