Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] though [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tall , cool as an autumn wind despite the heat of the day , Adam Burns strolled casually into her garden , looking as though he owned the place . |
| 2 | It means rather that people act as though they know the principle just as they act as though they know the rules of grammar — though very few people can even begin to formulate them , and nobody can formulate them completely . |
| 3 | It means rather that people act as though they know the principle just as they act as though they know the rules of grammar — though very few people can even begin to formulate them , and nobody can formulate them completely . |
| 4 | Alice could see that though he slid the papers into place so swiftly , he was dealing to one side , as in a card game , newspapers with headlines of interest : The Jarrow Marchers … |
| 5 | ‘ A pretty ’ manufacturing town , Dursley had several residents who look as though they operated the water trucking mills ; unusually for the area , more than half the fifty-two persons listed were rated at less than 40s. , some of them probably millhands , though others must have laboured in the stone quarry which caught Leland 's eye . |
| 6 | I 'll come and pick you up , ’ I said , not out of courtesy , but because Purvis did n't look as though he had the strength to carry even a dozen records . |
| 7 | He certainly did n't look as though he felt the same . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been tried , ’ she said , hoping she did not sound as though she had the temerity to defend the canteen . |
| 9 | ‘ You sound as though you think the travellers are all good as gold if you 're just a bit nice to them . ’ |
| 10 | It sounds as though you did the things you wanted to do . |
| 11 | But back Northampton went and though they held the first Nottingham surge they could not stop the second and scrum-half Hughes dived over on the left to score a try which earned a standing ovation . |
| 12 | ‘ ( 1 ) Whether section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 is to be construed as though it contained the words ‘ without the consent of the owner ’ or words to that effect and ( 2 ) Whether the provisions of section 15(1) and of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 are mutually exclusive in the sense that if the facts proved would justify a conviction under section 15(1) there can not lawfully be a conviction under section 1(1) on those facts . |
| 13 | ‘ He stated tersely in terms , at p. 633 : ‘ The first question posed in the certificate was : ‘ Whether section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 is to be construed as though it contained the words ‘ without having the consent of the owner ’ or words to that effect . ’ |
| 14 | The first question certified was ‘ Whether section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 is to be construed as though it contained the words ‘ without having the consent of the owner ’ or words to that effect . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ One of the questions of law of general public importance which the House was required to answer was : ‘ Whether section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 is to be construed as though it contained the words ‘ without having the consent of the owner ’ or words to that effect . ’ |
| 16 | This concession having been wrung from Dame Evelyn , we were thereupon authorised to attend all meetings and to advise as though we had the accolade of civil service accorded to us . |