Example sentences of "though it [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 2 | Though it probably did not benefit her economically as much as has sometimes been thought , it endowed Britain with a great colonial empire and virtually unlimited opportunities of further expansion . |
| 3 | Olive oil is a monosaturate , and as such was once discriminated against by weight-watchers and nutrition gurus , even though it too contained only 120 calories per tablespoon . |
| 4 | By the second year the young orang is becoming more independent , though it still keeps close to its mother . |
| 5 | Because programs can store any segment of any letter , this process is far less laborious than it once was , though it still took around three months for the nine fonts which make up the Ecotype family . |
| 6 | The Cepheid variable R Crucis , between Acrux and Epsilon , is an easy binocular object , though it never becomes much brighter than the seventh magnitude . |
| 7 | At the end of the same year an unofficial foreign affairs committee was formed within the ruling Liberal party to mobilise public opinion in favour of fuller discussion of foreign policy in parliament , though it never represented more than a minority of Liberal members . |
| 8 | It is a good example of construction in masonry though it now possesses only four of the original 22 arches which spanned the river . |
| 9 | Then she seemed to shrug as though it really did n't matter . |
| 10 | The Maritime Law which it administered — though it gradually became more English and less international — still retained a peculiar character . |
| 11 | It was found at this stage that the testbed had insufficient memory for more sophisticated processing and , since the simple improver did not significantly better the correlation ( though it certainly tidied up the displayed picture ) , this line of investigation was abandoned . |
| 12 | Perhaps four or five minutes , though it certainly seemed more ; Moxie guessed ten minutes , and Gildas later told her that Ludens told him fifteen minutes . |
| 13 | That may happen ( though it usually does not ) where there are three to be filled , is much less likely if there are four , and almost unheard-of if there are five . |
| 14 | It 's all right , honey , I do n't really talk like that , I do it to irritate Matt , though it usually does n't because he 's so thick-skinned and thinks everyone else talks like that anyway , so I guess I do it for my own private amusement . |
| 15 | Left A diagonal roundhouse kick is fast and not easy to detect , though it usually cannons off elbows and shoulders |