Example sentences of "[vb pp] though " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's soon forgotten though , as is their nakedness . |
| 2 | In a way they were right but , thankfully , I was never hanged though I was close to it on many occasions . |
| 3 | The option of letting children stay indoors during breaks could be considered though providing adequate supervision sometimes provides problems . |
| 4 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 5 | Changes of intensity may be included though proportionally less significance can be given to them . |
| 6 | How could Mrs Hollidaye consider allowing Dot to return to that unsafe place where the air robbed your cheeks of their roses , where buildings collapsed though the bombs had long since stopped , where there was no glass in half the windows , no water in the taps , where nothing was quite what it seemed to be . |
| 7 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 8 | A specifically town planning approach to road transport matters was still awaited though there were indications of changing attitudes , particularly in other parts of the world , providing examples for emulation in this country . |
| 9 | Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win . |
| 10 | By dawn the weather had abated though the sea was still angry , its surface broken into dark ridges and furrows by a treacherously high wind . |
| 11 | The manager declined to be interviewed though he did say he 's no longer selling the game . |
| 12 | In the opinion of many , the finest eighteenth-century French furniture set a standard of quality and craftsmanship that has never been equalled though much emulated , appearing in such widely divergent mutations as John Henry Belter 's high Victorian rococo revival to the sleek Art Deco refinement of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann . |
| 13 | He was caught in the crossfire.They 'd been ambushed after being informed on.He was shot though the chest . |
| 14 | You must n't let yourself be exploited though he is a dear , are n't you , Jack ? |
| 15 | It 's got ta be neutered though , ’ she insisted . |
| 16 | Perhaps the biggest thing he has done though is regarding the image of the club . |
| 17 | That is precisely what he has done though ‘ vitality ’ is a curious word to apply to something as still and emotionally stifling . |
| 18 | Many small wetlands amenable to agricultural drainage were noticed though no data exists on the number or location of former wetlands now effectively drained . |
| 19 | They are closely interrelated , separated though they must be for the purpose of analysis — and they are all questionable . |
| 20 | A five year lease was granted though not to him alone — it included Thomas Smythe , the Queen 's Customer , who was one of the original group associated with Höchstetter 's early prospecting back in 1563 , and himself associated with mining in Cornwall . |
| 21 | After some discussion on back-dating , the formula was accepted though it had only six months to live . |
| 22 | These are the workings ( some still to be seen though partly obscured by later working , and some now deep open stopes of later vintage ) which stretch across the foot of the Red Dell valley following the strike of the Bonsor Vein . |
| 23 | And still , after Crime and Punishment , the idea of a confession novel or story tugs at the edge of Dostoevsky 's vision , and continues to do so for the rest of his life in the form of The Life of a Great Sinner which he planned on the scale of War and Peace , but which never got written though it fed previous material into his novels of the seventies , and especially Karamazov at the turn of the next decade . |
| 24 | We believe therefore , that inter-generational equity is best ensured though the adoption of a precautionary approach to developments such as quarrying and dredging . |
| 25 | We believe therefore , that inter-generational equity is best ensured though the adoption of a precautionary approach to developments such as quarrying and dredging . |
| 26 | If there 's money to be made though , developments will understandably blossom on every available acre of land , spoiling the countryside for all those who just want a little peace and quiet . |
| 27 | Footprints , found in soft mud under the scaffolding , had been photographed and casts made though there was little doubt that they belonged to the victim , not the killer . |
| 28 | He was also broad and quite heavily built though not fat . |
| 29 | The new surgery was built though , inside a former psychiatric hospital , which is soon to be closed altogether . |
| 30 | The perch 's efforts are often disrupted though , by an invasion he is powerless to repel — mass spawning schools of up to 20 minnows Pungtungia herzi can descend on his territory , lay their eggs alongside his , and then depart . |