Example sentences of "even though i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 2 | Even though I knew what I had to do , once I got outside Liverpool Street station , I just wandered off aimlessly . |
| 3 | Even though I knew what was going through his mind I asked a supplemental , ‘ The software does support Grey Scales does n't it ? ’ . |
| 4 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 5 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |
| 6 | Even though I knew I was pregnant , I kept thinking , no , I ca n't be . |
| 7 | I think they 're so pretty I just had to have one , even though I knew I would n't get much use out of it . |
| 8 | My famished brain kept throwing up the same line , and I had not the strength to control it , even though I knew it was wrong : Cymbeline Ghost-relic has returned from the Other Side : |
| 9 | ‘ Even though I knew there was no one there . |
| 10 | Even though I knew she would soon be in England , I also knew that she was n't going to live with us but with my cousins in Nottingham , and I guess I was sad about that . |
| 11 | I meant it as well , even though I knew she 'd miss the hang-gliding . |
| 12 | so was I , even though I failed them . |
| 13 | So in some way I must have passed on my fear to my children , even though I thought I was doing everything in my power to avoid doing so . |
| 14 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 15 | I do n't know how David 's Mum got there because he decided not to tell her , even though I said he could call her because it 's not really fair to get married without letting her know . ’ |
| 16 | She cared for religion as little as I for politics — less , for politics painfully makes itself heard and-felt ; twice it came near to breaking up my life , even though I defied it to interest me . |
| 17 | Later , I shall have to wear dark colours , Philip , even though I promised you I would n't . |
| 18 | But long before her death my grandmother was a ghost to me , as if she was never really there , even though I visited her regularly as a child . |
| 19 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 20 | ‘ Out of all the people watching she was the only one to be hit , even though I protected her as much as I could . |