Example sentences of "though in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So do you , ’ Matt murmured , though in actual fact it was not entirely true . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |
| 3 | ‘ Since you remember those moments we shared so vividly , my prowess as a lover must have left some impression on you , ’ he gritted toughly , then , his eyes glinting dangerously , he told her , straight from the shoulder , ‘ Though in actual fact I was n't talking of our time on your bed , but of your interest in my financial standing ! ’ |
| 4 | When she became queen she encouraged English refugees from William the Conqueror 's tyranny to settle in her husband 's country , though in due course he was forced to reach an agreement with the Norman invader . |
| 5 | Even in Constantinople the creation of one was begun in the 1850s ( though in this case it was very poorly organised ) , while a Records Director was appointed at the end of the 1860s in an effort to control the tide of paper which , in the Turkish foreign office as in all others , was now flowing more and more strongly . |
| 6 | And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything . |