Example sentences of "though [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Paul left , the party broke up quickly , as though everyone felt that the business of the day had now been concluded . |
| 2 | There was a lack of information about availability in Northern Ireland , even though everyone knew that the situation was serious . |
| 3 | Lydia had rung in to say she was chasing a story in the Lake District , though everyone knew that what she was really chasing was the ravaged-looking thriller writer she had met at the launch of his last book and slept with the very same night . |
| 4 | No need to worry — they they 'll be queuing up for me , ’ even though everyone knows that the whole area 's been appallingly hit by the recession and that the whole country , come to that , is in much the same state . |
| 5 | My letters were now addressed not from the Middle East Forces , but from the British North African Forces and , moreover , headed 137/166 Newfoundland Regiment , R.A. This quite confused me for I had never heard of Canadians in North Africa — even though I knew that Newfoundland was not really Canada . |
| 6 | ‘ Even so , I 've been trying to get to this level for seven or eight years , even though I knew that people liked what I did . |
| 7 | I suppose the heat had made me edgy : though I knew that to ask for money as a loan was the only way she could keep her dignity , I held an angry conversation with her in my mind . |
| 8 | ‘ Even though I looked as though I 'd gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson ? ’ |
| 9 | I had hoped that Aung San would co-operate , but I felt that he was asking too much , though I hoped that the appointment of a smaller Council left the door open for AFPFL membership at a later date . |
| 10 | I sha n't come criticising your healing methods , though I gather that some of them leave much to be desired , so I 'd be obliged if you left well alone in my field . ’ |
| 11 | Though I admit that Mala bought nothing during our slow trawl through the available outlets , while I picked up two reasonably priced shirts in a subdued canary-yellow-and-indigo , and an irresistible pair of boots made from the filmy hide of the Rexol'rian flutter-snake . |
| 12 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 13 | The Pole Star is of type F , though I doubt whether anyone will detect yellowness in it ( I certainly can not ) . |
| 14 | I did n't dare show a light — though I doubt whether a light could have been seen from the shore through the mist , and there was probably no one to see it — but I knew where things were . |
| 15 | Well , I suspect that you have made an enemy , though I doubt if he will ever be in a position to offer repayment for your treatment of him . |
| 16 | For though I doubt if he 's ready to own to it yet , I know of another who can and will testify that the two of them were together until the bell sounded for Compline , which would be the better part of an hour later than you have in mind , and a quarter of an hour 's walk from the place , into the bargain . |
| 17 | Item No 2 : I am afraid I can be of no help , though I doubt if it is a weight . |
| 18 | Perhaps , as with the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , this is where we may expect the next rifting , though I doubt if it will happen soon enough to substantiate my idea . |
| 19 | I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that my noble Friend will make a very strong statement of Government policy , even though I wish that I could do it myself . |
| 20 | In particular , though I noted that the farmers distinguished between different scientific sources , they credited scientists at the local Institute of Terrestrial Ecology at Merlewood with more openness about the scientific uncertainties . |
| 21 | Though I know that the struggle is taking place somewhere , as a housewife I find it harder to believe that there is a part in it for me . |
| 22 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 23 | Magnitudes have been given to only one-tenth , because it is almost impossible for the naked-eye or binocular observer to distinguish differences of less than this ( though I agree that some people claim to be able to do so ; I certainly can not ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Though I agree that the old witch has a most singular gift for prophecy . |
| 25 | ‘ We did try , Sir John , but he obstinately refused to confide in us though I agree that he knew something . |
| 26 | O K , I just wanted us to , to do that erm , because erm , one of the things that I suspect when you 're getting down to doing your plan tomorrow , is that with the best will in the world , even though I say but this is for sales course , one of things you will want objectively to look at is either your revenue or your trading base or something , er , I just wanted to carry that through . |
| 27 | ‘ Though I guess that sounds pretty dumb now , does n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | An early decision to submit himself to re-election was probably his only chance of holding on , though I doubted if he could in any circumstances . |
| 29 | We may have no choice but to do so , though I believe that the change has been more damaging than beneficial . |
| 30 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |