Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] though [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers . |
| 2 | They behaved as though the European exchange rate mechanism had equipped them with a monetary policy and had left no point in discussing the subject further . |
| 3 | Day after day , in military exercises , scenarios , games of espionage and hostile rhetoric , both sides behaved as though the second world war had never ended . |
| 4 | A striking one came in 1760 when , at the marriage of the Princess of Brazil , the daughter of King Joseph I , the masterful Portuguese chief minister , the marques de Pombal , announced that though the papal nuncio and the imperial ambassador would take precedence over all other foreign envoys this would be governed so far as the rest of them were concerned simply by the dates on which they had presented their credentials . |
| 5 | I had a peculiar feeling : it seemed as though a great golden salmon leapt up inside me , full of life and courage . |
| 6 | There was some dark object on the ground from which every now and again it seemed as though a piece of wood rose hesitantly and fell . |
| 7 | It seemed as though a valve had burst inside her and a great gush of energy was being released . |
| 8 | Not that the ball needed an extra medal for , to Lucille , it seemed as though a jewel shop had been exploded into extravagant shards of light and colour . |
| 9 | For the next few weeks it seemed as though a genuine " United Front " would be established . |
| 10 | For a time it seemed as though the white working class had vanished . |
| 11 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 12 | The further they went into the forest the more it seemed as though the village behind , with Fat Watt and Diggory the King 's man and the priest , represented the enemy , and the miles and miles of trees she had formerly and still a little feared had become a sort of sanctuary , a hiding place . |
| 13 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 14 | At one stage it seemed as though the government would decide on a scheme operated by banks as the lenders , but the financial institutions were unenthusiastic . |
| 15 | After that , it seemed as though The Committee would be a future Cheltenham winner . |
| 16 | It seemed as though the next General Election would see agreements between Labour and the Liberals in several constituencies . |
| 17 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 18 | Mr Christie claimed that though the Dutch and Belgian governments contributed to save sections of Leyland-DAF in their own countries , the British plants were left out in the cold after our government refused to participate in the rescue . |
| 19 | I have n't been to a gym in ages , ’ Vitor said , and frowned as though the omission had only just occurred to him . |
| 20 | There was a terrifying rumbling noise and the stairs shook as though a minor earthquake had passed beneath the house . |
| 21 | The NUWSS on the other hand warned that though the bill deserved general support , the clauses extending police powers needed careful monitoring , ‘ lest they should lead to further harrying of the unfortunate women ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Fit leadership , ’ he repeated as though the word ‘ fit ’ might not just be what the Medical Officer looked for . |
| 23 | The parents contended that though the injuries were sustained before birth , the child continued to suffer them on birth and up to his death . |
| 24 | It was n't the wound that worried him , though his arm still ached as though a steam-hammer had landed on it . |
| 25 | Grant had always prided himself on his fitness and worked out regularly in his health club gym , but by the time he made it to where the stone coping of the sloping gable joined the chimney stack , he felt as though every muscle of his arms and shoulders were on fire . |
| 26 | His touch filled her with a thousand small , explosive sensations , and she felt as though every single bone had turned to jelly . |
| 27 | When fitzAlan had satisfied himself that she did n't carry a weapon , she felt as though no part of her body remained untouched . |
| 28 | It felt as though a grenade had gone off in my head . |
| 29 | She felt as though a web had been thrown over her , the same web in which — ; however little he knew it — Edwin Frere was deeply entangled . |
| 30 | Shiona felt as though a bomb had gone off in her face . |