Example sentences of "though [pron] have be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even though I had been very well paid in my previous job , this would also enable me to reap the financial rewards of my expertise , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Over in the corner behind a gigantic desk sat this old bird who looked as though she had been there since Marie Stopes was pre-pubescent . |
| 3 | Though she had been quite a successful model herself Arlene had never reached those giddy heights — the thought that now a pupil and protégé of hers might achieve it made her prickle with excitement . |
| 4 | ‘ What a day that was for 'er , it nearly give 'er permanent ‘ ysterics , though she 's been all right lately , except for 'er chilblains . |
| 5 | Her repertoire includes lieder and oratorios , though she has been most active as an opera singer . |
| 6 | This time next week it 'll be as though you 'd been there all your life . |
| 7 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 8 | Desktop publishing , as far as the user is concerned , is really the action of producing documents that look as though they have been professionally designed and produced by traditional methods . |
| 9 | This is demonstrated most clearly in the lengths to which the courts have been excluded from the process , even though they have been only rarely a threat to the Thatcher Government . |
| 10 | And the hair that looked as though it had been dramatically carved out of something shiny rather than been grown in the normal way . |
| 11 | We were discussing the yarn ‘ Hobby ’ at the club and some members were saying it could be re-used , even though it had been thoroughly steam pressed , worn and washed for years . |
| 12 | It seemed to come from another world of reference , an older , ordinary world , of platitude and cliché , of pattern and familiar family ties , a world that she had thought they had never entered , for many good reasons never entered : and now here was Charles himself , invoking its terms , as though it had been there always , as though they had always inhabited its domain . |
| 13 | She decided to treat herself to a fig from the bowl and found its skin still damp , as though it had been recently washed . |
| 14 | They said the part was not on the Boeing checklist , even though it has been widely blamed for the crash , which killed at least 43 people . |
| 15 | The low cost of setting up such a system allows people who have never ventured beyond typewriter or wordprocessor to produce material which looks as though it has been professionally typeset . |
| 16 | Founded in 1269 , most of the building was of the fourteenth century , though it has been extensively restored after damage in the late Middle Ages . |
| 17 | It will be seen that the harmonic scheme of the original has been strictly adhered to , though it has been considerably amplified . |
| 18 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
| 19 | Peaceful , mellow and noble , in the shade of a great sycamore , it is the sort of house that feels as though it has been there from time immemorial . |
| 20 | THOUGH it has been more than 30 years since Jim Chilchutt last cut a rug at a high-school dance , he recaptures his lost youth every weekend , cruising the streets of Ventura behind the wheel of a 1948 Studebaker . |
| 21 | It is a two-storey mill ( now open to the public ) which he built in 1752 , though it has been much altered since that time . |
| 22 | Though it 's been rather quiet since my aunt died . ’ |
| 23 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 24 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 25 | There had been so much to admire in Ewan , even though he 'd been so self-centred . |
| 26 | What a good professional he is he 's er slotted straight into this centre back roll as though he 's been there all his life . |
| 27 | It is as though he 's been inside for months . |