Example sentences of "though [pron] was [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible , too , that in striking the rock as he was told to do in Exodus 17 Moses this time has further infringed the divine command , though nothing was said explicitly about him not using his rod in that way . |
| 2 | Thus in Priest v Last [ 1903 ] 2 KB 148 , a hot water bottle burst causing injury to the purchaser 's wife and it was held that there was a breach of the implied condition even though nothing was said about the purpose . |
| 3 | Though I was born in Sussex I went out to India at six months old . |
| 4 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 5 | The cast was rather good , featuring Bill Nighy and his floppy blond hair and a very svelte-looking Charlotte Cornwell , though I was irritated by the unsympathetic little-and-large duo at the centre , with Janet McTeer towering above the tubby little Imelda Staunton ( as I recall , the heroine of the book hunted alone ) . |
| 6 | Though I was exhausted and had managed only nine miles , it had been a better day than the first . |
| 7 | Not that she believes in anything , religion and so on — and nor do I of course , though I was brought up a little as a Catholic — but she goes by omens , auguri . |
| 8 | A similar incident had occurred at the same spot ten days earlier , though nobody was hurt then . |
| 9 | Though she was huddled in the corner as far from him as she could get , the car was n't very big , and every time they went round a corner his thigh and shoulder pressed against hers . |
| 10 | It 's a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection , but even though she was born in captivity she 'll always be a wild creature with the instincts of a killer . ’ |
| 11 | Tiny though she was compared with her assailant , she fought like a wildcat . |
| 12 | She was glad to reach the door of the Seven Stars where she could rest the bag , though she was screwed up with fear that Garty might pop out of some alley , or Samson erupt like a volcano from the bowels of the tavern . |
| 13 | Her accent is gentler than the others , and her words are clipped as though she was schooled in England as child , though I know she was n't . |
| 14 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 15 | Lucenzo was smiling for a special reason , though she was darned if she knew why . |
| 16 | Though she was dressed , her long fair hair was still in pigtails , the way she wore it at night . |
| 17 | No one knew how old she was , but she looked as though she was made of leather and would last forever . |
| 18 | Killer Clare was looking after Cathy because she had been employed by a home care agency which had n't checked her references — though she was wanted for arson . |
| 19 | But things had not been at all what they 'd seemed — though she was bound by her promise never to reveal the truth . |
| 20 | Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring . |
| 21 | The Princess of Wales has no GCVO yet , though she was admitted to the Royal Family Order ( the small ribbon brooch worn on the left shoulder ) soon after her marriage ( before November 1981 ) . |
| 22 | I have seen our old matriarch walk between two younger antagonists and break up a fight with a snarl , even though she was aged and barely able to walk . |
| 23 | Feeling so totally unlike her normal self , as though she was mesmerised , Hilary slowly removed his clothes . |
| 24 | Marjorie smiled at him , though she was hurt . |
| 25 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 26 | Almost at a signal , though none was given , the women rose . |
| 27 | Similar proposals continued to be made in various forms in the second half of the century , though none was elaborated in as much detail as that of Saint-Pierre or attracted as much attention . |
| 28 | It was a home , her own home , even though everything was scavenged second hand , except for some net curtains , a coffee table and a picture on the wall above the mantelpiece . |
| 29 | The definition had been left somewhat vague in the legislation , though it was intended to embrace all matters relevant . |
| 30 | They divided the territory in two , though it was reunited thirty years later . |