Example sentences of "though [pron] did not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 2 | It did n't matter to her whether he kept it on or not , though she did not particularly like to see how his stump got so chafed and swollen . |
| 3 | Mrs Burnett seems to have taken marital and maternal duties lightly , and though she did not formally end the marriage until 1898 , from early days she made a practice of absenting herself from her family , often for months on end , travelling in North America and Europe , and spending long periods in England , where she moved in high society and had many literary friends , Henry James and Israel Zangwill [ qq.v. ] among them . |
| 4 | It did look fabulous , Belinda decided firmly , even though she did n't quite know if that person in the mirror was herself or a professional model . |
| 5 | He smiled broadly , and though she did n't really understand him , her own smile grew and she was encouraged to ask : |
| 6 | She knew he was an addict , I 'm certain of that , though she did n't actually come out and say so to me . |
| 7 | In this sense , even though they did not fully agree , Poulantzas and Miliband came closer together . |
| 8 | After the Second World War , however , there was a more rapid advance : democratic regimes were re-established in Germany and Italy , and from the late 1970s in Portugal and Spain ; many colonial territories gained their independence , though they did not always develop subsequently in democratic forms ; and at the end of the 1980s the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe was followed by the restoration , or creation , of democratic political systems . |
| 9 | The barons were comparatively few in number ; the Church formally forbade them to marry their sixth cousins or any nearer relatives , and seriously attempted to enforce the prohibition on third cousins ; and even though they did not always accept this limitation , it meant that they looked far and wide in their own class for marriage alliances . |
| 10 | Blimey , the Apex lads win this award even though they did n't actually release a game in 1991 ! |
| 11 | There is a tradition that the cattle of eastern England have Scandinavian origins , but the West of England influence was strong and during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Devon blood was widely used in Norfolk ( especially , of course , by Coke of Holkham and his tenants ) , though it did not necessarily have a direct influence on the future Red Poll . |
| 12 | Until recently it was assumed that this was the final signal concerning the Cossacks before the repatriations actually began , giving Eighth Army 's authorization for those Cossacks who were Soviet citizens to be handed over , even though it did not explicitly set aside AFHQ 's previous ruling that " force has not , repeat not , to be used " . |
| 13 | He was usually in a good mood when he started to make something , though he did n't often finish it . |
| 14 | The Earl turned to his host almost belligerently , almost , indeed , as though he did n't much care for him . |
| 15 | He himself got landed with a boring little man from Luton , who was a great stalwart of the local amateur dramatic society there and clearly , though he did n't quite put it into words , thought The Hooded Owl a pale shadow of their recent production of When We Are Married . |
| 16 | Ceauşescu must have amused his colleagues with his remarks ‘ strongly in favour of the acceptance of free will ’ and his thought that ‘ the withering away of the State would be very welcome though he did n't quite see the withering away of the [ Communist ] Party ! ’ |
| 17 | You see , it was really my dad that made me go along with the Church , even though he did n't really involve himself . |
| 18 | He had chain-smoked all the way down and Adam had had one or two to keep him company , though he did n't really like putting something lighted in his mouth . |
| 19 | Though he did n't actively encourage her , Mr Armstrong had no objections to putting his daughter on the same stage . |
| 20 | It was the style he seemed to prefer though he did n't always stick to it . |
| 21 | She frequently waited for the King outside Buckingham Palace , even though he did not even know of her existence . |
| 22 | Even though he did not actually advocate it , Locke certainly did much to foster such rational deism . |
| 23 | All of these problems , falling within the sphere of legitimate unrest , could be dealt with , he believed , by intelligent and sympathetic administrators — were indeed assumed to be , though he did not explicitly say so , their bread and butter : he himself had dealt superlatively with the Punjab rent agitations of 1931 . |
| 24 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 25 | But towards her he was being punctilious in a way which seemed slightly out of character , as though he did not quite know how to approach her , even though it was he who had brought her here . |
| 26 | ‘ You must be Nicholas Breakspear , ’ he said carelessly , as though he did not much care whether I was or not . |