Example sentences of "though [pron] be [adj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , though she was tired enough to sleep on a clothes-line , the chance to spread her weary limbs over the full width of a double mattress instead of lying cramped on the narrow settee was too appealing to turn down . |
| 2 | Kate felt inordinately pleased at his offer , even though she was astute enough to know that it came from a desire for any company , rather than hers specifically . |
| 3 | She did n't condemn even though she was shrewd enough to know who was responsible . |
| 4 | She was no beauty , though she was realistic enough to accept there must be something appealing in the small , heart-shaped face with its delicate , finely boned features . |
| 5 | Pumfrey , respecting the routine of the school , though there was little enough cause to , interviewed the teachers when they had a free period . |
| 6 | Adults and children spend time learning to read and write so that they may recover and renew what is best even though it is all sadly threatened again by those who destroyed it a generation ago . |
| 7 | There is so much to see , even though it is all basically made of the same ingredients . |
| 8 | One can only guess how these drugs were originally recognized , though it is easy enough to imagine how the fermented juice of squashed grapes began to be enjoyed . |
| 9 | It seems likely that there was a greater abundance of water in the past , though it is unlikely ever to have been as large as the abundance of water on the Earth . |
| 10 | Yeah but it did n't seem as though it were freezing though did it ? |
| 11 | I found I wanted to support Sam , even though he 's old enough to sit up on his own now . ’ |
| 12 | He modestly describes his competitive career as ‘ not particularly special ’ , though he was good enough to win , in an eight , a silver medal in the world under-23 championships of 1983 . |