Example sentences of "though [pron] [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke a lot , and they turned and congratulated each other on her French , as though she was some sort of barrel-organ she thought , being not only sex-starved but starved also of admiration . |
| 2 | How dared he speak to her as though she was some trollop with her eye to the main chance ! |
| 3 | How dared he talk to her as though she was some tramp ? |
| 4 | And to have met him on her own terms , or by accident , would have been one thing , and a delight , but to look as though she were some silly teenager following an idol … well , that was entirely another . |
| 5 | ‘ If you must know , ’ Leith exploded , her anger turning to fury at the way he , with his ‘ two men at least ’ comment , had made it sound as though she were some tart , ‘ I had a bad experience in the last place I worked . ’ |
| 6 | As though you were some kind , caring person , who had never caused me a moment 's upset ? |
| 7 | That is pretty high praise ; and though there are some obvious exceptions , they were fewer as the years went by . |
| 8 | Though there are some things which ‘ human agents are concerned in producing ’ , it is plain that ‘ the works of Nature , that is , the far greater parts of the ideas or sensations produced in us , are not produced by , or dependent on , the wills of men ’ . |
| 9 | Members will be there to welcome any newcomers to give help and to lend woods , though there are some owned by the club for anyone 's use . |
| 10 | It is of course necessary for someone to look after them in the home , and though there are some back-up services available , the responsibility mainly falls on one person — usually a close relative or friend , usually a woman . |
| 11 | There is no such thing as a worthless book , though there are some far worse than worthless ; no book which is not worth preserving , if its existence may be tolerated ; as there are some men whom it may be proper to hang , but none who should be suffered to starve . |
| 12 | The analysis , then , suggests the following : on the whole , the class is competent at spelling : even though there are some weird errors , the type of error is on the safe side , and the largest single category is that of reasonable phonic alternatives , which suggests that the pupils ' basic approach is sound . |
| 13 | The question has not been satisfactorily answered , though there are some possible answers . |
| 14 | in London in , in a sort of clever way that makes it sound as though there 's some terrific good reasoning for it |
| 15 | The fact that his team is full of professionals has not worried the Internal Revenue Service , though there is some sensitivity about just how close to the wind the foundation sails . |
| 16 | The windows are interesting , with their association with the wool trade , though there is some speculation that some of them may have been brought from another house . |
| 17 | The studies produced interesting results , though there is some doubt about the statistical validity of applying its conclusions to the whole of the uplands in the UK . |
| 18 | If , for instance , the concentrations of certain trace gases ( see above ) continue to increase , it has been predicted that the earth 's surface temperature will increase by an amount comparable to that since the last major phase of the most recent glaciation ( about 18 000 years BP ) — though there is some dispute about the magnitude of the likely change . |
| 19 | NOTE Though there is some decline in recent memory from early middle age , old people are perfectly able to learn new tasks , to study a language , to take up art or pottery . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't intend to write all the time , though there is some work I want to do . |
| 21 | Likewise , though there is some truth in Walpole 's observation that ‘ the world is a comedy to those that think , a tragedy to those that feel ’ , such genres are typically barred from science . |
| 22 | The projector projects , not onto a screen but onto another film of , usually , the same size as the projected film , eg 35mm , though there is some advantage in terms of reduced graininess in projecting from a larger to a smaller stock , such as 65mm or VistaVision to 35mm . |
| 23 | It is not clear that she currently has any diplomatic status , though there is some evidence that the United Nations may still for some purposes recognise her ambassadorship . |
| 24 | Though there is some additional variation in utilisation rates which is explained by social factors , it is relatively small and does not necessarily mean that additional variation in morbidity would be explained . |
| 25 | The old Parkers Bookshop with its split-level gallery floors was the perfect location for the new shop ; the lower floor became the Poster Gallery selling the non-book materials and the upper floor was devoted mainly to books , though there is some integration of both . |
| 26 | Each is suitable for a particular application , though there is some overlap . |
| 27 | In contrast no clear footprints are evident with the sequence ( ATT ) 4 CG(AAT) 4 , though there is some alteration in the cleavage pattern around the central GA . |
| 28 | All our lot are well , though there is some parental concern that Ewan is not yet speaking fluently ( well , not at all , actually ) but he makes up for it by taking a keen interest in all musical instruments . |
| 29 | Though there was some selling yesterday , volume was not heavy . |
| 30 | However , all salt had to be treated at source and it had to be consumed regularly , and though there was some success in parts of South America , these conditions could seldom be met . |