Example sentences of "though [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I take hold of a woman I feel as though my feet are slithering on tufted grass and goat willow . |
| 2 | The intensive care time was the most distressing , though my admiration for the nursing staff was boundless , and so was my gratitude to the surgeon who quite literally saved Michael 's life . |
| 3 | This only serves to alert me of course , though my brain has already caught on . |
| 4 | Strong though my anxiety was to save him , nothing could force me to duck my head voluntarily beneath that stinking spate . |
| 5 | I feel wrong-footed , as though my timing is all off . |
| 6 | Bellybutton said in an indignant voice , as though my question had impugned McIllvanney 's honour . |
| 7 | Though my head is uncovered , I 'm wearing a huge black rubber raincoat — my favourite — and slinging my holdall over my shoulder , tuck my cold blue hands into the wide warm sleeves and strike out towards home . |
| 8 | As though my relationship to it dirtied me . |
| 9 | ‘ To your beauty , ’ he said , though my looks at the time were nothing to write home about , ‘ coupled with the birthday of the King of Bulgaria . ’ |
| 10 | So it just got to the point when he was getting real busy and I did n't want to put my fate in someone else 's hands — even though my way it was a much slower progression . |
| 11 | Durrell took a slug of whisky and broke into an immediate ‘ I 'm not able to begin ‘ ta / praise the wondrous Araminta /I would like to say with flourish /what kind thoughts of her I nourish /A tangle though my thoughts get inta / describing love as Araminta ’ . |
| 12 | Though my dad says she 'll have to move now in case the Germans land on the coast . ’ |
| 13 | I had meant her to laugh , but instead she frowned as though my happiness was a puzzle that needed to be understood . |
| 14 | Even though my bike and rucksack were miles away on the platform of Fort William station , I can not remember being so profoundly moved on public transport , unless you count the time I thought I saw Sean Connery on the Piccadilly Line . |
| 15 | ( a beating ) Though my whole inside felt as if clutched in an icy grip , I had gone too far to retreat . |
| 16 | Those arms were my arms — even though my arms were still lazily resting among the rainbow petals . |
| 17 | I expected to have my family ripped to shreds , even though my childhood was extremely happy , but in Freudian analysis you look to the family for the source of all your anxieties . |
| 18 | Even though my man , a very strong American , was blown away by the winds . |
| 19 | My heart would suddenly start beating very fast as though my life was beating out of me . |
| 20 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 21 | There must have been dozens of them in our back garden by the time I was seven , though my parents had no idea they were living next to a bird cemetery . |
| 22 | I was born in Oxford , even though my parents were living in London . |
| 23 | My stomach and throat were almost back to normal , though my voice still sounded harsh . |
| 24 | Fortunately the connections in both directions were not bad , at least when we wanted to travel , though my wife said rude words about the sprint from bus to train to make our connection when we got back to Ruabon . |
| 25 | I blew over its mouth and nose to revive it even though my tears were rolling onto its face . |
| 26 | I do n't think I 'm going to get any better , though my coach John Spencer may disagree . |
| 27 | The title is imitated from the delightful Ivy and Stevie ( about Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith by Kay Dick , though my materials are very different from hers and therefore the pattern that I shall construct from them must also be very different . |
| 28 | I paint so thinly , as though my work were unlit stained glass that requires a flood of light from beyond and behind to illuminate and enliven it , and there is no beyond and behind . |
| 29 | ‘ However , my word is good , though my silver is better . ’ |
| 30 | Though my Mother had enough barbiturates in her system to kill ten people , her addiction had built up sufficient tolerance to suggest the possibility of an accidental overdose . |