Example sentences of "though [pron] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The obstructions , though I was never told this , included the actual stands of the course on the western end . |
| 2 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
| 3 | I must have studied her with attention for I find that I can at this moment , however reluctantly , see her face before me as distinctly as though I was still sitting in that coffee bar with a quarter of an inch of the brown dregs left in my cup . |
| 4 | It seemed like fate at the time — as though I were specially meant to meet him . |
| 5 | Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all . |
| 6 | For one brief moment it felt as though she was almost drowning in ecstasy , and then she felt Ross removing his lips , cursing violently under his breath as he withdrew his arms from about her body . |
| 7 | And when he bent his head , first to one breast and then the other , his lips closing over her swollen nipples , she felt as though she was almost going to die of excitement . |
| 8 | Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted . |
| 9 | He looked as though she was deliberately punishing him . |
| 10 | It is as though she was deliberately coaxed into that warm and shabby coffee bar by whatever saving force or spirit I can feel ever more strongly in this no longer quite so bleak habitation of mine . |
| 11 | She recovered herself a little , though she was still trembling . |
| 12 | More and more , Beth found herself acting as the buffer between them , and curiously enough , at times when she sought to protect him , it seemed as though she was actually having to fight her own husband . |
| 13 | ‘ Damian … ! ’ she whispered , saying his name as though it was the most precious sound in the world , gaining intense pleasure from it on her lips as though she was really saying , I love you , I love you . |
| 14 | It was something she 'd never admit doing , though she was always doing it . |
| 15 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 16 | " Thanks , " he said , drily , " oh , thanks ! " and began stripping off his jersey , as though she were already gone . |
| 17 | ‘ Julia , ’ she said , as though she were just waking up . |
| 18 | Had she really managed to look as though she were still holding together ? |
| 19 | They wept on their last day of work : ‘ I felt terrible ’ ; ‘ it seemed as though you were suddenly cut off from life . ’ |
| 20 | No one expected to achieve anything much after lunch , so the mood was languid and light-hearted , as though we were just pretending . |
| 21 | We began to feel cold , even though we were well wrapped up , and cocooned in our sleeping bags . |
| 22 | ‘ We had to keep our hands on the reins at that point in the race though we were still allowed to carry the whip and use it to prevent horses running out , refusing , or causing accidents . |
| 23 | Even though we were always moving around , we 'd always be on the same tip ; we 'd go to bed at the same time and my mom would carry cooking pots into hotels and cook — stink out the whole place with curry . |
| 24 | The competitive Morris was being unduly hard on himself , though there was no getting away from the fact that a missed kick by him to touch in the final second against Wasps at Sudbury had spelt defeat . |
| 25 | A total of 364 economists , almost one for each day of the year , dispatched a formal letter to The Times denouncing the government 's economic approach as ruinous — though they were soon matched by a similarly large number of economists who were prepared to endorse it . |
| 26 | But others looked as though they were desperately trying to find a way out , gazing to the ceiling deep in thought . |
| 27 | His clothes clung to his tall , slender frame , though they were slightly mussed after being slept in for a week . |
| 28 | The linen area was unheated , and though they were well protected from the ravages of the wind she was aware of her damp clothing chilling her skin , the rough chattering of her teeth . |
| 29 | He smiled infuriatingly at her , lifting a hand to run it over his dark hair , seemingly as relaxed as though they were just sharing a pleasant little chat rather than this frosty interview . |
| 30 | " It almost looks as though they were just going through the cupboards , examining the stuff , as it were , the plainclothes man said . |