Example sentences of "[coord] though [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grab her in my arms and hug her like I thought she 'd run away , and when I come out of that obliterating kiss I find the kitchen is full of blacks , and though they 're grinning like the sun 's out , I demand what the hell 's been going on ? |
| 2 | The devil and his spirits are seen as a distortion of the original good creation of God , and though they are allowed to tempt and hurt men because of men 's wickedness ( see , e.g. Jubilees 10:7–11 ) in the last-time they will be bound and punished . |
| 3 | The southern colonies did not contribute much to the war in America and though they were called on to help , there was no co-ordinated organization for strategy . |
| 4 | There is person A , who seems to be strangely in the power of person B , and though he is deriving no visible benefit from the relationship , can not break out of it . |
| 5 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 6 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 7 | And though she 's spent a lot of time onstage talking about how pretty she is , it 's only quite recently she started to believe it herself . |
| 8 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 9 | The olive colouring of her skin was back in full bloom , and though she was wearing little or no make-up , her lips , or rather her mouth , which , with her nose , was the most notable part of her features , was bright red . |
| 10 | Mrs Ainsworth turned to me and though she was smiling her eyes were wistful . |
| 11 | and though I am spun away |
| 12 | The quantity n is called the principal quantum number and though it is related to angular momentum it is not identical with it as Bohr had supposed . |
| 13 | But though it 's banded , |
| 14 | But though it 's guaranteed to give anyone a hangover , I 've nae heard of any islanders getting fighting mad on the stuff . ’ |
| 15 | In its composition the bakers are not sparing of fresh butter , milk and eggs ; but though it be raised it has a burned taste , and is too much like cake . |
| 16 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 17 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |