Example sentences of "though [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a woman inspired , she was dashing off design after design , as though nothing could stop her . |
| 2 | For there was tenderness in him , no doubt about that , Lisa reflected as they reached the foot of the path and headed across the rocky moonlit beach , his arm around her waist as though nothing could be more natural . |
| 3 | We 're like strangers , she thought , remote , cool , two people who greet each other with surface politeness ; but inside she felt numb , as though nothing could touch her any more . |
| 4 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 5 | He must have been lurking in the church hall , though I could n't see him properly in that dark corner . |
| 6 | I should give it a miss when you come up north , it 's a bit chilly for that sort of thing , though I could knit you a winter fig leaf . |
| 7 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 8 | Nolan was disconcerted by having lost on Groundsel though I could n't see that he 'd done anything wrong . |
| 9 | The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs . |
| 10 | She was 5ft 4in ( ’ though I could make myself 5ft 5in ’ ) , had a 23in waist ( ’ yes , I was a normal girl ’ ) , and could kick so high that two legs became a straight line . |
| 11 | Though I could see that the sun still lit the highest canopy , on the jungle floor it was already too late . |
| 12 | I could sense the steep drop to my left , though I could not see it due to the trees and thick foliage that lined the roadside . |
| 13 | He called to me again and though I could not quite make out his words , I could see him gesturing for me to join him . |
| 14 | I expect we were about three miles out to sea by now , though I could not smell any salt , hear any gulls or see any boats . |
| 15 | Looking for an exposé in the Sunday papers , I was , though I could not quite understand why the MSC was being so open about its possibly scandalous activities . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , though I could n't tell anyone else . |
| 17 | When we were in the meadow opposite the Grotto and Father was talking about Bernadette I felt as though I could see her . |
| 18 | He was emerging in stately fashion from Wavebreaker 's companionway and , though I could see he was tall and lanky and had a ponytail of hair , I could make out no details of his face . |
| 19 | There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away . |
| 20 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 21 | MY DAUGHTER and her husband have got themselves into a ridiculous situation and , though I could happily bang their heads together , I feel I 've got to help them . |
| 22 | ‘ I learned to fly the Gloster before I left England , ’ he explained , ‘ though I could never have afforded to buy a plane . |
| 23 | He might behave more impulsively though I could be mistaken . |
| 24 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 25 | As though I could step through it and they could all still be there — if broken glass , and shattered bodies , could be put back together again . ’ |
| 26 | Though I could probably find what I need on a skip if we could borrow the car again . |
| 27 | Suppose I stop there , even though I could express as many preferences as there are candidates . |
| 28 | trembled , reappeared , though I could not see . |
| 29 | It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ? |
| 30 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |