Example sentences of "though [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Paul left , the party broke up quickly , as though everyone felt that the business of the day had now been concluded . |
| 2 | There was a lack of information about availability in Northern Ireland , even though everyone knew that the situation was serious . |
| 3 | Lydia had rung in to say she was chasing a story in the Lake District , though everyone knew that what she was really chasing was the ravaged-looking thriller writer she had met at the launch of his last book and slept with the very same night . |
| 4 | No need to worry — they they 'll be queuing up for me , ’ even though everyone knows that the whole area 's been appallingly hit by the recession and that the whole country , come to that , is in much the same state . |
| 5 | My letters were now addressed not from the Middle East Forces , but from the British North African Forces and , moreover , headed 137/166 Newfoundland Regiment , R.A. This quite confused me for I had never heard of Canadians in North Africa — even though I knew that Newfoundland was not really Canada . |
| 6 | ‘ Even so , I 've been trying to get to this level for seven or eight years , even though I knew that people liked what I did . |
| 7 | I suppose the heat had made me edgy : though I knew that to ask for money as a loan was the only way she could keep her dignity , I held an angry conversation with her in my mind . |
| 8 | I had hoped that Aung San would co-operate , but I felt that he was asking too much , though I hoped that the appointment of a smaller Council left the door open for AFPFL membership at a later date . |
| 9 | I sha n't come criticising your healing methods , though I gather that some of them leave much to be desired , so I 'd be obliged if you left well alone in my field . ’ |
| 10 | Though I admit that Mala bought nothing during our slow trawl through the available outlets , while I picked up two reasonably priced shirts in a subdued canary-yellow-and-indigo , and an irresistible pair of boots made from the filmy hide of the Rexol'rian flutter-snake . |
| 11 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 12 | I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that my noble Friend will make a very strong statement of Government policy , even though I wish that I could do it myself . |
| 13 | In particular , though I noted that the farmers distinguished between different scientific sources , they credited scientists at the local Institute of Terrestrial Ecology at Merlewood with more openness about the scientific uncertainties . |
| 14 | Though I know that the struggle is taking place somewhere , as a housewife I find it harder to believe that there is a part in it for me . |
| 15 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 16 | Magnitudes have been given to only one-tenth , because it is almost impossible for the naked-eye or binocular observer to distinguish differences of less than this ( though I agree that some people claim to be able to do so ; I certainly can not ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Though I agree that the old witch has a most singular gift for prophecy . |
| 18 | ‘ We did try , Sir John , but he obstinately refused to confide in us though I agree that he knew something . |
| 19 | ‘ Though I guess that sounds pretty dumb now , does n't it ? ’ |
| 20 | We may have no choice but to do so , though I believe that the change has been more damaging than beneficial . |
| 21 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |
| 22 | It is sometimes referred to as ‘ non-interventionist ’ observation , though I find that a rather jargonish term and I think bird-watching is a good simple way of referring to observation which is very similar to that of the ornithologist who constructs a ‘ hide ’ so as to be able to observe birds in their natural habitat without disturbing them in any way . |
| 23 | I do hope that it will be possible for you to participate in this exercise , even though I realise that many demands are made on people 's time . |
| 24 | In my view the transmitter is far better positioned on the ferret 's collar , though I acknowledge that some other people prefer for their own reasons to trail the transmitter on the line some twelve inches behind the ferret . |
| 25 | Well the honourable gentleman as always makes er more than a debating point , I think he makes a serious point which er deserves to be answered , erm it is not , if I can put it this way , the intention of these orders er to turn auditors into er snoopers or narks er and to do so I think runs some very serious risks , not only of reducing and undermining the relationship between auditors and their clients , not only of imposing very substantial additional cost burdens on auditors which will have to be borne by companies and ultimately their clients , but also there has an example he 's given I think to be some difference , put it no more than that between public money and private money , even though I acknowledge that were talking here about the trusteeship in some cases of of er d er public deposits and funds . |
| 26 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 27 | I have always thought that the sweetening of the waters of Marah resulted from the removal of the iron by the coagulation and flocculation of iron/tannin complexes , the tannin being derived from that tree — though I think that he [ Moses ] would have had to have bashed it up a bit first . |
| 28 | They look good , too , of course , though I think that more consideration should be given the neck joints in both cases . |
| 29 | West Burton has been called by many " the prettiest village in the Dales " , and though I think that Dent village has them all beat hands down for style and atmosphere , West Burton runs a close second . |
| 30 | Mr. Wakeham : I agree with my Hon. Friend that most of his suggestions will form part of the solution though I think that the House would be reluctant to depart from the view that it should rise at 2.30 on Fridays . |