Example sentences of "though he have just [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The memory was staggeringly clear , as though he had just heard those other bells , as though he were just surging forward in his final spurt , kicking for home .
2 The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat .
3 But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally !
4 The old farmer looked at me in surprise , then glanced around as though he had just noticed the weather .
5 He was so calm — as though he had just parked his car outside .
6 To hear Joicey speak , it was as though he had just left the Prince 's side , and that the 1745 Rebellion had ended the previous day .
7 He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn .
8 He felt weak and shaking , as though he had just had a huge shock .
9 Louis looked as though he 'd just got up off the ground after being knocked out in a fight .
10 His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ?
11 Friends then , the three of us — me sitting in the back of the old Countryman as it rattled along , Edward at the wheel singing Verdi as though he 'd just found the key to the Hermetic Mystery if not that of the aria he 'd chosen , while Laura , who had taken some persuading , groaned and laughed beside him .
12 KEVIN PRESSMAN last night revealed that he still wants to leave Sheffield Wednesday — even though he has just signed a new three-and-a-half year contract .
13 When my ‘ ex ’ was sacked from his job some months ago they stopped altogether — though he has just spent two weeks in Spain with his girl-friend and new family .
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