Example sentences of "though she have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rory jumped as though she 'd been shot at the sound of the lazily amused voice materialising apparently out of nowhere . |
| 2 | well I think Dawn is quite happy now , I mean I think she felt as though she 'd been rushed at first , but I mean |
| 3 | Judith had once confided that she too had an uncertain grasp of the past , though she 'd been drunk at the time , and had denied it vehemently when he 'd raised the subject again . |
| 4 | Then he stood up and strode from the room , and she all but collapsed into the chair he 'd just vacated , feeling as though she 'd been battered by a storm at sea . |
| 5 | After spending the better part of the morning crouched down painting skirting-boards , she felt as though she 'd been put through a mangle . |
| 6 | Suddenly she was feeling as though she 'd been dropped from a great height . |
| 7 | It was as though her father had died again , as though she had been injured to her soul . |
| 8 | It was wild and erratic , as though she had been writing under severe emotional strain . |
| 9 | The girl , who looked as though she had been made in heaven out of peaches and cream , was wearing a few pieces of string arranged as a bikini , high heels , the goose-pimples , and nothing else . |
| 10 | Lily looked as though she had been thinking for her whole family all her life ; she was younger , by far , than she appeared . |
| 11 | Blanche 's eyes widened slightly , as though she had been irritated by the reply . |
| 12 | Emily felt as though she had been slapped in the face . |
| 13 | She had not seen her nearest ‘ big house ’ neighbour , though she had been hearing about him for some time . |
| 14 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 15 | The next moment she jumped up , almost angrily , as though she had been trapped into a softness that she did not mean . |
| 16 | When he at last looked away from her , she felt as though she had been seared to the soul by the scathing dismissal in his eyes . |
| 17 | The phone rang at the other end , and was answered immediately , as though she had been sitting beside it , waiting . |
| 18 | As though she had been doused in cold water , she stiffened and moved away . |
| 19 | His blue-grey eyes were as cold as a Siberian winter , and Polly felt as though she had been impaled by twin icicles . |
| 20 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 21 | Feeling as though she had been punched in the stomach , she staggered into the drawing-room and sank on to the sofa . |
| 22 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 23 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 24 | She carries in her wings great power and mystery even though she has been cast in these Cages for so long . |