Example sentences of "though it had [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And even though his kiss was far from a lover 's caress , she felt her body respond , acting as though it had broken free from the control of her mind , curving into him , begging for more of his savage domination . |
2 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |
3 | The Bush administration was reluctant to forgive Africa 's debt , even though it had pushed commercial banks towards solving part of the debt problem in Latin America . |
4 | It included a target of £150,000 from the National Union of Mineworkers , even though it had emerged penniless from the strike in 1985 , with its assets in the hands of the sequestrators . |
5 | The Collector sat on an oak throne which had been chipped out of the mud rampart for fuel , but had not yet been used , though it had lost one of its front legs . |
6 | It was well over a year before Communist policy changed radically " though it had undergone substantial modification . |
7 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |