Example sentences of "[conj] though [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but though bent a bit |
| 2 | But then , unless the fascination is too powerful , there comes the point when keeping still is discarded and the rabbit , as though breaking a spell , turns in an instant to its other resource flight . |
| 3 | Tall narrow houses stood back to back and grimed curtainless windows stared blankly at her as though reflecting the hostility of those within . |
| 4 | A great deal of emphasis tends to be put on personal contacts , as though knowing a journalist personally somehow puts him or her in your pocket . |
| 5 | Yet when her visitor stepped a couple of paces forward as though requiring a closer look , it needed all her courage not to back away . |
| 6 | Young Yaxlee stamped on it , as he paced before them , as though quelling an insurrection . |
| 7 | When he responded it was in a monotone , as though reciting a catechism . |
| 8 | She gazed into the distance and spoke as though reciting a lesson . |
| 9 | The amputee 's tongue flickered silently , stumpily , as though tasting the molecules of Lexandro 's sweat which escaped into the air , before he resumed his discourse : ‘ The longest that anyone has endured a nerveglove at level tertius until irreversible insanity , is fifty-two minutes — by which time the pain signals were so burned into the nerves that they could never cease thereafter . ’ |
| 10 | Picking up the iron , she kept her attention very firmly on her task as though ironing the collar of her blouse needed every bit of her concentration . |
| 11 | Yet her face reamined tilted up towards his , her lips softly puckered as though to welcome a kiss . |
| 12 | Fosdyke smiled , as though enjoying a joke . |
| 13 | He said it in English , slowly , as though enjoying the sound of the words , and he added with a secret little smile , ‘ That happened just before he was recalled at the request of Lami Dozo himself . |
| 14 | When people asked Mrs Maugham where her daughter got her brains from , she would sniff and shrug her shoulders and say , as though disclaiming a vice or a disease , " Well , she certainly did n't get them from me , she must have got them from him , I suppose " — a remark which Clara took years to place , in all its ambiguity , for the truth was that Mrs Maugham had done well at school , she had shone and prospered , and the evidence of her distant triumphs still lay around the house in the form of inscribed Sunday school prizes . |
| 15 | He was n't looking at me when he said that but into the air at his side as though reading a sad text written there . |
| 16 | As though to underline the validity of Cassie 's vague but guilt-ridden conclusions , two separate incidents occurred on the Wednesday of that week , each one seemingly innocent and unconnected with the other . |
| 17 | The Mozarts kept these terms rigorously separated , as though emphasizing a corresponding world of musical difference . |
| 18 | Her lips were satisfyingly full , tensed to one side as though expecting a blow at any moment . |
| 19 | Hari shook her head in fear and looked around her as though expecting a solution to present itself . |
| 20 | As he disrobed in the vestry , Quentin paused more than once , glancing at the closed door , as though expecting the boy to appear with his smile . |
| 21 | It is important to realize that the head should go forward in relation to the spine — as though nodding the head in affirmation . |
| 22 | He glowered at old Donald , as though to brand the accusation on to him too . |
| 23 | ‘ I am Charles Briant , ’ he spoke with a flourish as though addressing an audience . |
| 24 | ‘ Nobody knows the trouble I 've seen , ’ Jack began to sing in a strained bass , as though completing the roll call , ‘ nobody knows but Jesus … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , well , if you must , you must , ’ said Mackenzie , nodding at the glass counter as though inspecting the flies , reels and duck-calls within . |
| 26 | He coughed as though to banish a clot of phlegm , the taste of Chaos . |
| 27 | It was like a hammer to his heart , seeing her dark eyes widen with surprise , her hand spread across her mouth as though to stifle a cry . |
| 28 | She gasped now , putting her fingers to her mouth as though to stifle the horror of her thoughts . |
| 29 | ‘ I wo n't tell if you wo n't , ’ she whispered as though imparting a secret . |
| 30 | After a while , he removed his mouth from her nipple and lay looking at her breasts , as though to memorize every curve and line . |