Example sentences of "though [pron] 're [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Though you 're probably right . |
2 | Well , you look as though you 're still in one piece after the interrogation , ’ she remarked . |
3 | It 's true that when cuts are put in , however good the editor , they just do n't have the same timbre and tempo ; you do n't get that live atmosphere where it feels as though you 're there . ’ |
4 | ‘ Though you 're extremely articulate , ’ he continued . |
5 | I just know it , even though you 're too nice to say it to my face . ’ |
6 | And even though we 're finally making strides at the secondary education stage , says Ward , the fact remains that 40 per cent of tomorrow 's talent still leaves school at 16 against just 4 per cent in Japan and 10 per cent in Germany , France and America . |
7 | Even though we 're completely different people , and our lives are very different , we support each other totally . |
8 | We 're behaving as though we 're already beaten . |
9 | I would say that Ireland is very definitely a Third World country even though we 're geographically in Western Europe and we 're white . |
10 | The equally brilliant Ninja Warriors ( also a coin-op licence ) scored a respectable 79% , though we 're now beginning to think it was seriously underrated — it 's not often you 'll see a Shinobi -esque hack-'em-up with this much playability and character . |
11 | ‘ I 've promised to take Claudia away for the weekend , and she 's not going to let me off it even though we 're so shorthanded . |
12 | We smile at each other , but though we 're still light and happy the urgency has gone . |
13 | Briefly , it 's that Spartan streak which I 've spoken of before … but I need you , darling , both physically and spiritually , and particularly the latter , though they 're both mixed up . |
14 | These can be a useful standby , though they 're rather few and far between across the country . |
15 | Sounds to me as though they 're just sell stuff , I I do n't know ! |
16 | Feeders are small fry , though they 're well paid if the ransom 's high . |
17 | They keep a low profile here , but this person and her colleagues have been chosen to perform some of the most important jobs on the station , though they 're never seen . |
18 | This is partly true , as in collisions with thirteen stones on the hoof ( as rugby commentators frequently put it ; though they 're usually dealing with some what ‘ healthier ’ weights ) I usually end up bouncing off . |
19 | ‘ The first three or four AC/DC albums are amazing , even though they 're fairly interchangeable in mood , style and tempo … |
20 | You get usually women in their eighties who talk about their mothers as though they 're still there , or cry terrible tears of sadness at having lost their mothers . |
21 | Arthur Thomas , quality , finance and planning manager for research and technology in the Wilton Materials Centre , says that reaction has been mixed : ‘ At first it was greeted by some of the senior managers as ‘ hyped up ’ JS jargon , though they 're fully committed to the process now . |
22 | The two styles are so different in approach and thought , even though they 're very similar in some ways . |
23 | Still a few sea bass here , though they 're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze . |
24 | Even though they 're now five years old , I gather that the twins are still quite a handful . ’ |