Example sentences of "though [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 I often wish I could live them over again , even though for the first four years I had to supplement my poor earnings by doing evening jobs . ’
2 However , The Folio Society is dedicated to producing books of outstanding quality at affordable prices : classics and curiosities , published as though for the first time , with specially commissioned illustrations to enhance the text .
3 They kept me in hospital for a week , even though after the first day they were able to tell me that my violent indigestion following my curry debauch had not dislodged — or even seriously inconvenienced my small passenger .
4 At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough-and-ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ‘ being there ’ to the viewers .
5 As early as 14 September 1939 , Jonas Barrington in the Daily Express described this voice that called from Germany , though in the first instance it probably belonged to Norman Baillie-Stewart : ‘ He speaks English of the haw-haw , dammit-get-out-of-my-way-variety , and his strong suit is gentlemanly indignation . ’
6 The pursuers were keeping up as best they could but held little hope of catching him , though at the first fence on the second circuit — the seventeenth in the race — Red Rum could be seen to be keeping on gamely .
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