Example sentences of "though it [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The present situation , therefore , even though it allows some fudging of extraordinary items , must be far from perfect from Mr Damant 's point of view .
2 It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) .
3 Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up .
4 Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’
5 He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out .
6 In the three month experiment , unlikely rural topics like cot death , abortion , murder and villagers ' fight against toxic waste dumping are shown , though it seems some episodes will be cut as only four episodes a week are planned .
7 Though it claimed some influence upon the councils of action in the North East and in London , its impact was minimal .
8 I therefore reject the argument on behalf of the appellants in this case , that the Home Secretary is obliged to follow the judges ' views as to the requirements of retribution and deterrence in mandatory life sentence cases , even though it allowed some exceptions .
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