Example sentences of "though he had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was speaking as if Gentle would agree to the rendezvous , which , though he had n't said so yet , he would . |
| 2 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
| 3 | And on the other hand , a gorilla in a Top Shop suit called Nevil was looking for me , though he had n't bargained for Lisabeth 's own version of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme . |
| 4 | He behaved as though he had n't seen Ellie , as though she did n't exist , and she felt a lump come into her throat , felt hurt , and diminished , which was so stupid . |
| 5 | It was almost eleven before he appeared , looking as though he had n't slept at all . |
| 6 | He 'd thought of her constantly , hoping she still worked for the Bradford family , and the invitation to Christmas dinner with them had caused him more elation than Maud , his wife , though he had n't dared show it . |
| 7 | Though he had n't sampled the contents of Tommy 's bottle , he felt drunk . |
| 8 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 9 | Stephen would have liked further education , though he had n't expected Oxford or Cambridge or even , say , Nottingham . |
| 10 | He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people , though he had n't got their sort of money . |
| 11 | as if there were some real end to all this talking : some problem which , though he had n't come to it , he wished to address . |
| 12 | Chantal flashed D'Arcy a reproving glance , but Roquelaure continued as though he had not heard : ‘ We must think where it leaves the French Government , Rober' . |
| 13 | The " ordinary reader " would infer that the " fixing " had involved the team as well as Packer , and that the captain of the team would have been party to the plot even though he had not played in the match . |
| 14 | They were prepared to discover the intention to establish such a legal relationship in facts , to construe a trust where it was clear that this was necessary to validate the testator 's intentions even though he had not realized this requirement himself . |
| 15 | Even though he had not seen her yet , Creggan felt in awe of her . |
| 16 | Indeed , he might be within the sections and subject to orders even though he had not entered into a transaction with the company or debtor at all . |
| 17 | As though he had not tried always to be God 's knight , and do the church clean service . |
| 18 | His face was still taut and sallow , and he looked as though he had not slept well . |
| 19 | The memory was staggeringly clear , as though he had just heard those other bells , as though he were just surging forward in his final spurt , kicking for home . |
| 20 | The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat . |
| 21 | But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally ! |
| 22 | The old farmer looked at me in surprise , then glanced around as though he had just noticed the weather . |
| 23 | Why did he feel as though he had just run his sword through the heart of something small and desperately struggling for survival ? |
| 24 | He felt exhausted , as though he had just run a marathon . |
| 25 | He was so calm — as though he had just parked his car outside . |
| 26 | To hear Joicey speak , it was as though he had just left the Prince 's side , and that the 1745 Rebellion had ended the previous day . |
| 27 | He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn . |
| 28 | He felt weak and shaking , as though he had just had a huge shock . |
| 29 | ‘ The drop in turnouts has to terrify the Democrats , ’ says Paul Tsongas , the former senator who mocked Clinton 's 41 per cent in New York by scoring 29 per cent even though he had already declared his candidacy over . |
| 30 | It sounded as though he had already said the same thing to a great many others . |