Example sentences of "though [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loved the sound of his own singing , though no-one else did . |
| 2 | On my way back to Anastasia , I catch sight of a tree-creeper and watch him flit from tree to tree , scurrying mouse-like up their trunks as though nothing else had ever happened here . |
| 3 | His discovery of a new freedom both theological and psychological was not easy for him to articulate though his widely circulated letter Ad Amicos revealed his absolute devotion to the search for God . |
| 4 | Her chest ached sharply , too , just as though someone really had been hitting into it . |
| 5 | I was about to dive back in among the hops , though I probably smelled like last night 's barmaid already , when the Shogun veered off to my right , and then pulled up about twenty feet from me . |
| 6 | ‘ My own family was pretty undistinguished , and Stephen had at any rate a respectable reputation in his own field — though I probably overvalued it at the time . |
| 7 | I liked the idea of other people feeling sorry for me , even though I also despised them for it , because I was n't worth their sympathy and that made them fools . |
| 8 | Though I honestly thought you were his mum or his auntie , Jan ! |
| 9 | Though I rather wish people would n't do it . |
| 10 | Part of me would love to be in a relationship , but I 'm cautious about getting involved , even though I desperately want to be loved . |
| 11 | It 's one I first came across in one of the handy little circular walk leaflets published by the National Parks and , though I generally like to devise my own routes , it 's a cracking walk and at ten miles of easy walking a good stroll for hot high summer day or days when low cloud and drizzle make high fell-walking a grey punishment . |
| 12 | We have an awkward , and increasingly tense discussion about the use of such songs — for though I wholeheartedly agree that all the ideas they promote are self-evidently good things , I worry simply whether such songs have any positive effect — and they start bandying the word ‘ cynic ’ . |
| 13 | I did n't really look at him , though I immediately smelled alcohol on his breath , and thought , that firm is n't going to last long if it 's sending out drunken drivers to pick up clients . |
| 14 | Though I already felt confident of that . |
| 15 | It had n't assumed the full importance it later would in my life , though I already liked the place and felt at home in its coolness and dark . |
| 16 | I would try and tell you what I have been thinking ; though I once told you I cried because I was incapable of thought … . |
| 17 | Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ ) |
| 18 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 19 | ‘ Even though I then missed the Marseille game I know Walter will play me when needed . ’ |
| 20 | Once again , I was restless and unfulfilled , though I now had a successful business and was happily married . |
| 21 | Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking . |
| 22 | Though I only know about it from what men say . |
| 23 | Her analysis is a rich one and I shall rely heavily on it even though I only take two aspects of her findings . |
| 24 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 25 | Even though I only have to walk around the dancers , he 's taking no chances . |
| 26 | Just for a couple of nights in Dieppe : though I sometimes take the car and get down to Rouen . |
| 27 | ‘ Though I sometimes think Violette is more like me than my own daughter . ’ |
| 28 | And there are people , places , history in this country I 'd never even guessed at , though I sometimes feel I know them anyway . ’ |
| 29 | I must early have realized that it was to be a regular correspondence , for I kept her letters , though I usually destroy letters as soon as I have answered them . |
| 30 | ‘ I know this is a difficult time for you , and I know that you 'd hate like hell to lie to Naylor — though I sincerely hope you wo n't have to — but I can still rely on you to keep quiet about Rosemary and me , ca n't I ? ’ |