Example sentences of "though [pron] was [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 | Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted . |
| 8 | He looked as though she was deliberately punishing him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The report was seen , therefore , as essentially practical though it was heavily influenced by the corporate planning theories advocated through the Institute of Local Government Studies and elsewhere . |
| 17 | Though it was completely lacking in originality its publication in Western Europe drew the admiration of many of the leading figures of the Enlightenment . |
| 18 | The façade is now Baroque , but inside it retains its simple Romanesque form , though it was extensively restored in the late nineteenth century ( 353 ) . |
| 19 | As a matter of interest , though it was well loaded , there were seats free , nobody had to stand . |
| 20 | Most likely the decision came from Wilson himself though it was also claimed by Joe Cotter . |
| 21 | There was dust and litter enough on the concreted floor to have preserved the latest traces of feet , though it was clearly swept reasonably often . |
| 22 | Finally , the ‘ intelligentsia ’ and scholarly circles — presumably attached to Leipzig University — in condemning Hess reportedly included some reproaches for Hitler for selecting such a ‘ mentally disturbed person as his possible successor ’ , though it was immediately added that most members of such circles were ‘ nevertheless convinced that the Führer no longer hears at all about the actual mood and situation within the Reich itself and that most things are kept from him ’ . |
| 23 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 24 | The kitchen had windows on three sides and the cat — only kitten-sized , though it was full grown — appeared . |
| 25 | Indeed , Bradford set up a home for Basque children up Manningham Lane , though it was largely financed by the Trades Council . |
| 26 | I marvel he ever steeled himself to hit hard enough to stun , and to break the branch in the blow , even though it was partly rotted . |
| 27 | The Democratic majority in Congress , however , had opposed any such tampering with the Bill of Rights , preferring to demonstrate its opposition to flag burning by enacting the Flag Protection Act , even though it was widely anticipated that the Act would be declared unconstitutional in the courts . |
| 28 | Though it was little discussed , this was also a problem among girls . |
| 29 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 30 | Though it was again made in England ( Pinewood this time ) , surprisingly few credits recur from the shoot of seven years earlier . |