Example sentences of "though she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may say something about Bridget Freemantle , that she did not stand on her dignity in her friendship with the poet , even though she came from a more genteel background , and was about the age of Leapor 's parents . |
| 2 | Lucille Castineau had lived all her twenty-seven years in the Norman countryside and , though she came from a noble family , she proudly considered herself to be a farm woman . |
| 3 | Now a pale lipstick and some powder and she can slip into Bond Street without looking as though she came from Croydon . ’ |
| 4 | She had a Long Island accent , though she came from Fresno . |
| 5 | And , though she says she was overwhelmed by the task of choosing decor for some 17 rooms before they were built , she would do it all again . |
| 6 | She too had been to Canonmills and Broughton school ( though she says she was " not very clever " ) and first of all went to work at a draper 's shop in the West End , a job for which she remained still nostalgic . |
| 7 | ‘ She loves that child , though she says she hates him and wishes they were both dead , ’ said one of the women , watching the young mother . |
| 8 | Wilson inclined her head but did not comment though she took care not to appear sullen . |
| 9 | The devils trembled towards her as though she wished for them . |
| 10 | She came closer to Rain as though she wished to speak without being overheard , although they were alone . |
| 11 | " I 'm not that young , " Jenny said savagely and punched her pillow as though she wished it were Matthew Preston 's head . |
| 12 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 13 | In Phillips v Grampian Health Board ( 1989 ) The Times , 9 March a widow was held entitled to recover damages even though she married the deceased when he was already suffering from a fatal disease and she knew that his death was inevitable within a few years . |
| 14 | He lowered his head , kissing her angrily , and she fought him , struggling beneath him as he kept her trapped , even though she offered such resistance to what he knew so deeply she had wanted from the beginning . |
| 15 | Spanish-born Catalina , 50 , insists she did not force her husband 's hand in resigning as a Foreign Office Minister , though she admits her joy at his decision . |
| 16 | ‘ I think the picture is excellent , ’ she declares with touching , if shortsighted , loyalty , though she admits she was n't over the moon about the trailer promoting ‘ The bitch is back ! ’ even if it does refer to the mother alien monster . |
| 17 | Barbara Stace ( Mrs Taylor ) does not regard herself as having had a career other than marriage and family life though she admits to having done ‘ some teaching , some voluntary work especially with the local community association , learning a few new skills , keeping up with my old hobbies ’ and she can invariably be met behind the souvenirs stall at Somerville Gaudy . |
| 18 | Though she listened for sounds in the house , she heard none : Sir Gregory 's organization ran smoothly , and all the watchers would have been sent to their posts long before . |
| 19 | She was smiling and looking at Conchis , though she glanced with a cool interest at me as I stood . |
| 20 | Even though she does n't approve of giving in . |
| 21 | The most irritating thing about Rytasha — and there were many — was that , though she does not speak their language , she presumes to teach them a spurious form of their own religion . |
| 22 | Disappointingly though , in her efforts to be balanced Valentine rarely lets us see just where she stands ; though she does make a strong plea for psychologists not to ape either physics or sociology . |
| 23 | She enjoys trying out new ways of doing things , though she does n't necessarily devise them herself . |
| 24 | This shows in the way she bustles around at coffee time , often scowling ( though she does n't realise it ) , peering over the work of others , like a strict teacher in a class of rowdy twelve-year-olds . |
| 25 | Kristeva 's model is not intended either as a concise account of feminism 's recent history nor as an orderly , linear chronology for feminists to follow ( though she does seem to think that each of her stages represents an improvement over the one before ) . |
| 26 | all the same , that she wants me at home , though she does n't like me , and she could never admit that she might need me … " |
| 27 | ‘ So has my mother , though she does not put him as high as I do . ’ |
| 28 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's no need for her to look as though she does , ’ said Lili . |
| 30 | She 's gone into hospital and it might mean she 'll get better but I do n't wish her harm , Joe , even though she does n't deserve to be happy . ’ |