Example sentences of "though [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |
| 2 | He sensed the bond between them , and knew she was aware of it too , though she gave not the slightest outward sign . |
| 3 | Though she gave no sign , I was sure she saw me . |
| 4 | The Colonel could tell that the noise was distracting Amanda from her pamphlet , though she gave no outward sign . |
| 5 | And , though we give you a finish that 's as hard as nails , everything is made to a remarkably gentle formulation . |
| 6 | The bellends are long and low and though they give good shape for wind deflection I found at times I needed a little more height when cooking . |
| 7 | They could not keep it going in the quarter-final , though they gave Richard and Jonathon Lavelle , of The Berkshire , five shots and beat them 3 & 2 after blue skies gave way to one of the most vicious snow squalls I have seen on a golf course . |
| 8 | The two men ran off but , though they gave the troopers a good chase , were soon captured . |
| 9 | If , as is possible , the optical company was in a monopolistic or oligopolistic position , they could afford to adopt work practices which were actually rather costly even though they gave higher levels of satisfaction to both workers and management . |
| 10 | Each of these future estates , though it gave no present right to possession or enjoyment , was treated as something already in existence , which could be disposed of and would descend ( so far as it is inheritable ) just like a present estate . |
| 11 | The Communist Party , though it gave full facilities to the People 's Vigilance Committee in the Daily Worker and Labour Monthly , continued to deny that the Convention was entirely inspired by the Party . |
| 12 | Though it gave a good account of itself , Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat . |
| 13 | The broad vigorous body suggests a mind that has no need of the intellect to remain sane , though it gives itself to every fantasy ... |
| 14 | But there is little room for a comprehensive view , though it gives the generalists a basis for comparisons which may not be at first apparent . |
| 15 | The final stage in the process was to make sure that the box provided was filled to half-way with plaster of Paris to absorb moisture , though he gives no guidelines as to how deep such a box should be ; ‘ after this , the cover and two windows were put down ’ . |
| 16 | Merton ( 1938 ) , for example , does not conclude his exposition of anomie theory by proposing a solution ( though he gives enough away elsewhere for Taylor , Walton and Young , 1973 , to see him as favouring a ‘ meritocratic ’ solution ) . |
| 17 | Fénéon , like other excellent critics , was a valued friend of artists , and so he remained all his life even though he gave up writing criticism after a decade of working on the Revue blanche from 1893 to 1903 . |
| 18 | Still looking for his Woodbines even though he gave up smoking in 1956 . |
| 19 | Gifford , though he gave advice from his own experience , told him to take nothing on trust , but ‘ to cry mightily unto the Lord that He would convince him of the truth thereof ’ : he must work out his own salvation . |
| 20 | None of the items he checked affected the probe — though he gave the chess set a suspicious glance — until he moved to the wall hangings . |
| 21 | Therefore , he is guilty of manslaughter , even though he gave no thought to an obvious ( and serious ) risk of criminal damage . |
| 22 | Though he gave no details of the proposals , he claimed last night that ‘ considerable progress ’ had been made . |