Example sentences of "though [pron] be [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards myself I rarely ever tire or find the day too long though I am constantly walking a circumstance which being considered much to my health being better able to bear fatigue than when last I walked over the hills with you and I found your advice not to take spirits very very judicious . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They learn a lot more at my talks , even though I 'm just going over the very basics of the subject . |
| 4 | ‘ We saw her yesterday afternoon and though she is still getting treatment she is better . ’ |
| 5 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 6 | She says she feels she 's being punished even though she 's only trying to do what 's best . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He looked as though she was deliberately punishing him . |
| 10 | She recovered herself a little , though she was still trembling . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | It was something she 'd never admit doing , though she was always doing it . |
| 14 | ‘ Julia , ’ she said , as though she were just waking up . |
| 15 | Had she really managed to look as though she were still holding together ? |
| 16 | So it looks as though our scheming is of no avail , though we are still hoping to see you here one day — surely our wild country must appeal to a shooting man ? |
| 17 | ‘ I am pleased and excited that the Office of Communication 's long track record for media advocacy is being recognised by such a celebrated educational institution , even though we are only doing what the Gospels tell us to do , ’ said the Office 's Director , Dr Beverly J Chain . |
| 18 | And even though we 're finally making strides at the secondary education stage , says Ward , the fact remains that 40 per cent of tomorrow 's talent still leaves school at 16 against just 4 per cent in Japan and 10 per cent in Germany , France and America . |
| 19 | The equally brilliant Ninja Warriors ( also a coin-op licence ) scored a respectable 79% , though we 're now beginning to think it was seriously underrated — it 's not often you 'll see a Shinobi -esque hack-'em-up with this much playability and character . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 22 | In conclusion , though there is no denying the seriousness of the problem , many questions still remain unanswered . |
| 23 | Barbirolli 's famously self-indulgent late Debussy recordings , La Mer and the Nocturnes , really do n't show the great man at his best , though there is no denying the conviction and enormous affection which sir John brings to these pieces . |
| 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 | This is partly true , as in collisions with thirteen stones on the hoof ( as rugby commentators frequently put it ; though they 're usually dealing with some what ‘ healthier ’ weights ) I usually end up bouncing off . |
| 26 | But others looked as though they were desperately trying to find a way out , gazing to the ceiling deep in thought . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | " It almost looks as though they were just going through the cupboards , examining the stuff , as it were , the plainclothes man said . |
| 29 | There , they were brilliant and I felt as though they were just starting to work when finished . |
| 30 | The record high interest rates were attractive to holders of sterling even though they were also damaging to business . |