Example sentences of "although [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although everyone remembers Tony Parsons and Nick Kent at the NME , they forget about me because I 'm now terminally unhip , like Elvis joining the army . |
| 2 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 3 | Although I had respect for Harry Thubron and Frank Lisle , the message of Basic Design was in , many ways much less important to schools of general education than the work which had been developed to such a pitch of excellence by Basil . |
| 4 | The leather also still looks good , although I 've notices it wearing away at the top of the ankle seam . |
| 5 | Wrong — although I know Fergie still does n't believe me . |
| 6 | Although I took part in countless operations of this type from the Isle of Wight to Lowestoft , I never actually made any captures . |
| 7 | They will obviously be an extremely happy couple , although I told Miss Ingram something about the Rochester property which made her look quite depressed . |
| 8 | I never took them far from home , although I told Nonni I intended to in order to prevent her accompanying me , inventing expeditions to the common where she might tear her stockings on the brambles , or to the recreation ground which was a mile away , too far for her to walk in high-heeled shoes . |
| 9 | I was greatly relieved when he agreed , since although I regard Downing Street as an admirable place , I have never had any admiration for its cuisine . |
| 10 | I shook my head regretfully — I had n't brought it with me , thinking the English would look down on my caftan with its silver belt — although I saw garments like it selling here at huge prices . |
| 11 | ‘ The fear that I could be had begun to haunt my days and keep me awake at nights , and , although I knew Simon was the wrong person to take into my confidence , he was familiar and he was there . |
| 12 | This was news to me , although I knew Graham Fearnley , who was Jack Mason 's agent and looked after quite a big stable of European golfers . |
| 13 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 14 | David O'Leary ( although I gather noone in Leeds has seen him play ) |
| 15 | As someone who has suffered several heart attacks , I eat polyunsaturates , although I prefer butter , but I can not convince myself that it really matters . |
| 16 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
| 17 | He takes you round the block and back , does Eno , with few comforting reference points , although I sense echoes of early YMO and Yello lurking behind closed doors . |
| 18 | But although I hated inequality , it did n't mean I wanted to be treated like everyone else . |
| 19 | I was slightly built , and although I hated team sports and games , I spent much time in the school gym doing circuit training and fitness programmes . |
| 20 | I 've had so many conversations with people trying to convince them of a particular point , and although I find words central to my life … ‘ |
| 21 | All of my fish are from South America and although I find fish from other parts of the world attractive , I have never had any desire to keep them until I saw a Myxocyprinus asiaticus . |
| 22 | He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’ |
| 23 | Erm , although I think Helena Landless could have been in this tradition do n't you ? |
| 24 | He has kept his figure and his bearing — although I suspect vanity might have him wearing a male corset . |
| 25 | Although I admire Mrs Dinwiddie 's concern for her family , I remind her that had she been a mother less than 80 years ago , when there were no modern crop chemicals , animal health products , food preservatives , human vaccines and modern medicines it is unlikely that her complete family would have survived childhood . |
| 26 | Although I found James Hansen 's article ‘ The wild dogs of Italy ’ very interesting ( 3 March . |
| 27 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 28 | Although I beat Susan last year , she 's the favourite and the pressure will again be on her . ’ |
| 29 | There is no way of monitoring arms once they are sold , although I believe Contraves when it says that it would have to fit the latest equipment to any ship , and would not fit Argentinian ships . |
| 30 | ‘ Experts refer to it as the post-modernistic simulacrum , although I believe Knudsen himself thinks of it as fantasy realism , ’ he returned blandly . |