Example sentences of "though [pron] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I personally could n't begin to choose a favourite on this album , though I am especially fascinated by the Gregorian chant influence of Ebudea . |
| 2 | The obstructions , though I was never told this , included the actual stands of the course on the western end . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | It seemed like fate at the time — as though I were specially meant to meet him . |
| 5 | Mrs Tansley says it is over 58 years since she made her debut in opera and she never did any more , though she is well known in villages in the Guisborough area where her talent has been in demand at concerts . |
| 6 | In the company of work on offer here , the woman artist still finds herself on the defensive though she is laudably engaged in what Roberta Smith calls , the creation of ‘ a new kind of aesthetic back-talk ’ . |
| 7 | And — though she 's never met him — he 's the only one of whom she 's reluctant to speak . |
| 8 | Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all . |
| 9 | Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted . |
| 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 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 12 | " Thanks , " he said , drily , " oh , thanks ! " and began stripping off his jersey , as though she were already gone . |
| 13 | They wept on their last day of work : ‘ I felt terrible ’ ; ‘ it seemed as though you were suddenly cut off from life . ’ |
| 14 | Man can , to some extent , tell where sounds are coming from , though we are often fooled by reflected sounds . |
| 15 | It is enough that we see these things and sit with her while she drinks manzanilla or brandy to wash the sight away ( though we are never told why she drinks ) — these things are enough to make us participate in what we surmise she must be feeling . |
| 16 | We 're behaving as though we 're already beaten . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've promised to take Claudia away for the weekend , and she 's not going to let me off it even though we 're so shorthanded . |
| 18 | We began to feel cold , even though we were well wrapped up , and cocooned in our sleeping bags . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Briefly , it 's that Spartan streak which I 've spoken of before … but I need you , darling , both physically and spiritually , and particularly the latter , though they 're both mixed up . |
| 21 | Feeders are small fry , though they 're well paid if the ransom 's high . |
| 22 | They keep a low profile here , but this person and her colleagues have been chosen to perform some of the most important jobs on the station , though they 're never seen . |
| 23 | Arthur Thomas , quality , finance and planning manager for research and technology in the Wilton Materials Centre , says that reaction has been mixed : ‘ At first it was greeted by some of the senior managers as ‘ hyped up ’ JS jargon , though they 're fully committed to the process now . |
| 24 | It is never very apparent what Freudian claims are based on , though they are widely accepted in our culture . |
| 25 | He tells us that he ‘ spent months researching ’ ( citations from his letter , The Art Newspaper No. 22 , October 1992 , p.3 ) the texts which he uses in his work at the Neue Galerie at Kassel and he criticises me for ‘ forgetting ’ these texts which took him so long to research , even though they are clearly mentioned in the second , fourth and fifth paragraphs of my article which comprises only seven paragraphs . |
| 26 | The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity , though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate . |
| 27 | Here we shall deal only with growth theory and shall tackle crisis separately , even though they are intimately connected . |
| 28 | Wasters , as old Sam once said , ‘ are their own worst enemies , though they are generally found amongst the ranks of those who rail at the injustices of the world . ’ |
| 29 | Tenancy agreements are for a maximum of seven years , though they are normally renegotiated . |
| 30 | Emerson , Lake , Bruford and Palmolive win every category in the NME poll even though they are never featured in the paper and no one will admit voting for them . |