Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] concede " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chatterton thought this event had occurred on the afternoon of the tenth of January , although he did concede that it might have been the eleventh . |
| 2 | Writing later , in 1937 , J. B. Priestley 's main concern was to stress the Englishness of Chaplin ( though he did concede that the Chaplin symbol was half-French in inspiration ) and he talked of him as being ‘ the greatest humourist since Dickens ’ and of belonging above all to London 's East End and to ‘ the swarms of bright-eyed urchins who are thumbing their noses at the nearest policemen ’ . |
| 3 | He suggested that , in the vast majority of cases , the procedure was accessible to unrepresented appellants ( though he did concede that they should receive assistance ) and that it would be undesirable to extend legal aid generally to cover such appeals ( Micklethwait , 1976 ) . |
| 4 | Last year he scored 259 to make sure of the 1991 County championship , and plodded off unemotionally : though he did concede to emotion on the balcony when the victory was eventually sealed . |
| 5 | There was fighting talk too from Keegan , though he did concede : ‘ We could have outthought Barnsley a bit more . |