Example sentences of "though [pron] had just " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a little pug-like dog who wore an expression of perpetual outrage , its eyes bulging as though someone had just said something unforgivable to it . |
| 2 | He looked , she thought , as though someone had just kicked him hard in the stomach . |
| 3 | ‘ As though someone had just scrubbed the place out . |
| 4 | Fran felt as though someone had just knocked the breath out of her and fought to speak . |
| 5 | ‘ Aye , ’ I nodded slowly , hoping to content her with this , then looked away and up to one side as though I had just found something very interesting and important to look at on the ceiling . |
| 6 | She looked at Molly as though she had just sentenced her to a lengthy and quite undeserved term of imprisonment . |
| 7 | Only her red mouth glowed , and even from across the room I could see it smiling straight at me , the lips shining in the light as though she had just licked them , as though they were still moist . |
| 8 | Her hair was black and thick and looked tangled , as though she had just got out of bed and not brushed it . |
| 9 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 10 | Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping . |
| 11 | Even those who had never heard of him mouthed his words , repeating them to others as though they had just thought of them themselves , which perhaps they had , for there is surely such a thing as a spirit of the times . |
| 12 | Seeing the British soldiers , the startled men sat and ate though they had just risen from a complete meal . |
| 13 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 14 | ‘ Come early and leave early , ’ coaxed Meredith , and as though it had just occurred to him wondered aloud whether it would be a good idea to include young Harbour . |
| 15 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 16 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He felt weak and shaking , as though he had just had a huge shock . |
| 19 | Ukraine appointed Rear-Adml Boris Kozhin , previously commander of the Crimean naval base , as head of all naval forces in the republic , even though he had just been sacked by Adml Igor Kasatonov , the CIS 's Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , for ‘ inflaming national strife ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was so calm — as though he had just parked his car outside . |
| 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 | The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | He felt exhausted , as though he had just run a marathon . |
| 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 . |