Example sentences of "though he be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a good eye for passing and can play with both feet ( sort of ) even though he is right footed . |
| 2 | Raper 's last known address was Quezon City in the Philippines though he is now thought to be in Switzerland . |
| 3 | I said he wanted some of his favourite French wine — there 's an envoy from the Chancellor in with him to-night , so it rang true enough , even though he 's never sent me to bring it before . ’ |
| 4 | Though he 's still injured , Mick Quinn 's horse trained by Mick Channon and prophetically called Pleasure Ahead — won the 1.30 at Lingfield at 5–1 . |
| 5 | Perhaps as a result , he lived in some poverty for a time in old age , though he was eventually rescued by his friends . |
| 6 | In 1618 he obtained the freedom of the city of Canterbury and shortly after became a member of the common council , though he was soon removed , due to the hostility of the corporation ruling group . |
| 7 | The outbreak of war in 1914 meant that he was regarded as an alien in Britain , though he was soon allowed to move to Rome , where he joined the senate . |
| 8 | He escaped the great Stalinist purges which robbed the Red Army of much of its most experienced and competent leadership in the late 1930s , though he was deeply affected by them ; and in 1938 was sent to China , becoming acting chief military adviser to Chiang Kai-Shek . |
| 9 | Last week the tour selectors picked the 6ft 5in 17st back-row forward as their first choice blind-side flanker for the opening Test against the All Blacks , even though he was originally picked as a No 8 . |
| 10 | He recounted all this without any anger or bitterness , but as he got up from his chair to go to the kitchen I had to turn away rather than watch him move around his flat as though he were still hampered by chains . |
| 11 | My father was still looking at his hands as though he were faintly irritated by them . |