Example sentences of "[noun] though [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
| 2 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 3 | For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella . |
| 4 | They kept their heads down in their books though they had long ceased to study , unwilling to catch his eye or even to breathe loudly . |
| 5 | He rolled over and opened his eyes though he did n't look at Dot any more than she looked at him . |
| 6 | Griffin , from the Mount Tallant club , still had problems with his vision in the contest though he led 8–6 going into the third round which saw Gornei put up a storming last stand to bring the fighters level . |
| 7 | At last the hospitaller finished and leaned back on his heels though he kept his head bowed . |
| 8 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 9 | After a few months though he seemed to accept the situation . |
| 10 | The air smelt faintly of incense and , of course , that strange smell of faded flowers which emanated from the figure dressed in black who squatted beside Wolsey : Doctor Agrippa , supreme practitioner of the black arts though he looked like a mummer 's version of Friar Tuck in some masque about Robin Hood . |
| 11 | The archetype of faith is Abraham , who went out at God 's command though he did not know where he was going , and who was prepared at that command even to sacrifice his own son . |
| 12 | I 'd been right about Lloyd 's two-tone shoes though I had expected him to put socks on , and I was wrong about the hat — it was a white Panama . |
| 13 | Gordon Smith , Caledonian 's sales director — the company is increasing its sponsorship though it remains coy on an amount — said it viewed the association with Currie as long term . |
| 14 | She would rather talk to Pilade though she knew this was only a sophisticated way of talking to herself . |
| 15 | The second glimpse came through Squirrel Nutkin though I loved all the Beatrix Potter books . |
| 16 | Newbury race-course , with a 1000-metre grass strip often used by jockeys and other visitors though it does not appear in Pooley 's , was suggested as a better alternative for the Cessna 310 . |
| 17 | It could not be accomplished on the run though I made some schematic doodles based on observation : the way , for example , drainage run-off channels bulldozed off the sides of the track echoed the pattern of the tree branches or veins on a leaf . |
| 18 | Athelstan stared round at the rest , mumbling quietly like people who wanted to maintain appearances though he sensed their tension . |
| 19 | Kevin Maxwell 's own statement of affairs shows that he values his Chelsea house at £750,000 though he has a £430,000 mortgage from City bankers Brown Shipley . |
| 20 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 21 | The researchers have found that it is possible to control the movement of electrons by adjusting side gate voltage though they say it is an area that needs further research . |
| 22 | There was one small group though who went through to the store area at the back of the hut and got on with something really quietly . |
| 23 | ‘ After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again . |
| 24 | In Edinburgh , our courses concentrate on human and mammalian physiology though we draw on examples from other animals to illustrate physiological principles . |
| 25 | Shame though you know . |
| 26 | He saw Anna occasionally but he had not seen Freda for years though he had to admit that he might not have recognised her had he passed her in the street . |
| 27 | ‘ Come along ! ’ snapped Miss Harker in the most understanding snap it was possible to make — she was acutely aware of Prentice though she did not look directly at him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
| 30 | I am at her mercy at the moment though I keep her and pay her well and might look with justice for harder work from her , but when I am over my lying-in I will be behind her you can be sure . |