Example sentences of "though [pers pn] know [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That afternoon I meant to search the Bible for information , though I knew little of it . |
| 2 | He had hoped to impress her , and , though I knew this was the wrong way to go about it , since she was always embarrassed by emotional arguments , when she replied in a stiff , rather guarded way , I was deeply hurt on his behalf . |
| 3 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 4 | I always take a lot of care plumbing the depth , and even though I know this peg well , I will plumb it again . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Even now I 'm struggling to stop myself going for a jaunt around the room though I know this will inevitably lead to me lying on my bed or sitting on the floor in a mesmerised , trancelike way and staring into nothingness as if stoned . |
| 7 | She would rather talk to Pilade though she knew this was only a sophisticated way of talking to herself . |
| 8 | ‘ Only to tell her I love her — though she knows that , ’ he replied . |
| 9 | Though you know that . ’ |
| 10 | Though we knew some of the teaching was abysmal . ’ |
| 11 | He spoke as though they knew each other well and over a long period . |
| 12 | Even though they knew this lot were all actors , they were transfixed . |
| 13 | He told her of the visit to the farm , reminded her of the discovery of the swan and the bird 's skull ( though he knew this was taking a chance after her first , alarming reaction to the news ) , and mentioned again the note and the feather in his room . |
| 14 | Of the composition of the ‘ bench of bishops ’ ( again the exact expression ) he shook his head a little sadly , though he knew some of them well : I felt he was not so enthusiastic about William Temple , now Archbishop of Canterbury , as many of his fellow-writers were , however , grudgingly . |
| 15 | But a candidate not so ear-marked may sink to an F or G anyway when it is found that his language though intelligible is not accurate , or that though he knows some historical terminology he uses it inappropriately . |