Example sentences of "[conj] though i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immigrant ship to South Africa , and all that followed , was still in the womb of time ; but at that moment I resolved that though I would grieve for Leslie for the rest of my life , I would yet to go forward , lighting my way by the torch of the incandescent spirit . |
| 2 | I know that though I 've shown you the photograph you still want me to describe him to you , this Boy of ours . |
| 3 | This was due , no doubt , to the fact that though I motored further and further from the house , I continued to find myself in surroundings with which I had at least a passing acquaintance . |
| 4 | I got on well with Rosemary right from the start , soon realising that though I had lost one friend , I had found another . |
| 5 | There is the possibility that though I myself would not be justified in making different claims , another person might perhaps be justified in saying that yesterday I did not know , while today I do . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll just send you a little champagne to prove that though I may be a prude I 'm not a puritan . |
| 7 | ANOTHER Budget bites the dust and I am assailed by the sobering realisation that though I 've been subjected to a fair number of them now , I have n't really understood any . |
| 8 | I quite like maths but I do n't like the teacher cos though I like maths I just do n't like the lessons . |
| 9 | This is precisely what has happened at Malham ( and though I find it visually offensive I still climb there , as do hundreds of others ) . |
| 10 | It is a struggle Ellen and no mistake and though I have been thrifty as mother brought us all up to be and the rent is paid for the next year I am hard put to pay wages and still eat and keep warm . |
| 11 | There is still a cult following for the Leger and the Normale , and though I sympathise with it , it 's among the D-series fanatics that you 'll find me swapping gasps . |
| 12 | I used to find my bed set at an angle from the wall , and though I straightened it , always it was moved back into this odd position . |
| 13 | And I know what Briant is doing , and why , and though I do n't go all the way with him , I go far enough to want to come in on his side . |
| 14 | He called to me again and though I could not quite make out his words , I could see him gesturing for me to join him . |
| 15 | Sir David Cardinal spoke next , and though I missed much of his speech , it seemed to be more technical in substance , and quite frankly , rather above my head . |
| 16 | However , as fortune would have it , when I put my ear to M. Dupont 's door , I happened to hear Mr Lewis 's voice , and though I can not recall precisely the actual words I first heard , it was the tone of his voice that raised my suspicions . |
| 17 | She expects it every time and though I still feel sorry for her , I do n't fancy her . |
| 18 | My hands were cold , gloved as they were , and though I wore a jersey , jacket and jeans , I shivered for the first ten minutes . |
| 19 | my gloom and though I Do n't want |
| 20 | They are my only remaining close family and though I wo n't hang on to them I have worried about feeling lonely . |
| 21 | And though I have not been there at the right season for many years , for all I know they live there still — a small , brown , undemonstrative little butterfly , not immediately noticed by an untrained eye . |
| 22 | We were always dressed alike , and though I was older by eighteen months , few people could remember who was who . |
| 23 | Not only is it raining , it 's 5 o'clock , and though I 'm not defeatist by nature I do n't even bother looking for a taxi , deciding instead to walk the two miles back to the London flat . |
| 24 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 25 | Though I 'd learned that the black abaya dropped the temperature by degrees , and though I 'd worn both veil and coat at various odd times , such as in storms , or in the desert heat , the sight of a European woman in such an outfit on an ordinary day in a compound or town would be more than anyone , including myself , could take . |
| 26 | I had meant what I said about being ‘ free ’ , and though I see now that young women often use this argument as a retreat from struggle , a kind of laziness , I did not see it then . |
| 27 | The diagrams mainly use a topo format , and though I personally do not like this much , use and usability dictate here . |
| 28 | And though I did hold passionate beliefs , I was a bit young to express them all . |
| 29 | Though I was a student of literature and , I believe , a reasonably good teacher , and loved my work , and though I was , moreover , a serious poet who had gained some small recognition in circles even outside my own University , my writing life was not confined to poems and articles , or even lectures . |
| 30 | And though I can swim pretty well , the swirl of the tide was fierce , and looked dangerous ; and besides , I had no desire to swim . |