Example sentences of "though [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection , but even though she was born in captivity she 'll always be a wild creature with the instincts of a killer . ’ |
| 32 | Tiny though she was compared with her assailant , she fought like a wildcat . |
| 33 | She was glad to reach the door of the Seven Stars where she could rest the bag , though she was screwed up with fear that Garty might pop out of some alley , or Samson erupt like a volcano from the bowels of the tavern . |
| 34 | Her accent is gentler than the others , and her words are clipped as though she was schooled in England as child , though I know she was n't . |
| 35 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 36 | Lucenzo was smiling for a special reason , though she was darned if she knew why . |
| 37 | Though she was dressed , her long fair hair was still in pigtails , the way she wore it at night . |
| 38 | No one knew how old she was , but she looked as though she was made of leather and would last forever . |
| 39 | Killer Clare was looking after Cathy because she had been employed by a home care agency which had n't checked her references — though she was wanted for arson . |
| 40 | But things had not been at all what they 'd seemed — though she was bound by her promise never to reveal the truth . |
| 41 | Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring . |
| 42 | The Princess of Wales has no GCVO yet , though she was admitted to the Royal Family Order ( the small ribbon brooch worn on the left shoulder ) soon after her marriage ( before November 1981 ) . |
| 43 | I have seen our old matriarch walk between two younger antagonists and break up a fight with a snarl , even though she was aged and barely able to walk . |
| 44 | Feeling so totally unlike her normal self , as though she was mesmerised , Hilary slowly removed his clothes . |
| 45 | Marjorie smiled at him , though she was hurt . |
| 46 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 47 | Juliet felt she was in another world , she felt as though she were intoxicated . |
| 48 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 49 | As his fingers explored further , slipping inside her , moving rhythmically against her , a drowsy and confused acceptance possessed her mind while , at the same time , her body responded to his touch as though she were made of fire ; and the centre of that hotness burned deep and slow and fierce inside her , tantalizingly with the magic of Johnny 's moving fingers . |
| 50 | As though she were made of fire . |
| 51 | Even as she struggled he was lifting her clear off her feet as easily as though she were made of thistledown . |
| 52 | Just for a moment she felt paralysed , as though she were bolted to her seat . |
| 53 | As though she were buried under layers of white leaves . |
| 54 | For a second it was as though she were frozen , unable to move . |
| 55 | Several other Scottish education authorities — including Dumfries and Galloway , Highland , Tayside and Strathclyde — have already developed strong anti-smoking policies , though none is thought to have rejected the case for smokers ' areas . |
| 56 | The spatial units can be related to census areas in a number of ways , though none is judged to be very satisfactory . |
| 57 | Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp says the Freedom 1000 and 3000 3D graphics accelerators that it is to sell on Sun Microsystems Inc platforms ( UX No 407 ) , have been designed as processor-independent units which could well end up on other CPU architectures in future , though none were mentioned specifically . |
| 58 | Almost at a signal , though none was given , the women rose . |
| 59 | Similar proposals continued to be made in various forms in the second half of the century , though none was elaborated in as much detail as that of Saint-Pierre or attracted as much attention . |
| 60 | Those lips seemed to phrase words intended for himself alone , kissing these words into the soft matter of his brain : ’ Though you are cast into the ultimate heat sink , you hover indestructibly . |