Example sentences of "though [pron] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
| 2 | These are intense , dramatic readings which lack nothing in conviction , though I imagine some listeners will prefer a less overtly ‘ expressive ’ approach to the music . |
| 3 | Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately , though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment , not to say shock , remained detectable in my expression . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm a broadcaster , ’ said the presenter of the BBC Radio Cleveland early morning show , ‘ though I suppose some people would say that 's debatable . ’ |
| 5 | She was very lonely , though she had some friends and visits from relatives from time to time . |
| 6 | This filly looked as though she had some obstruction in her airflow . |
| 7 | But everyone says it would be a mistake to dismiss Mrs Shephard as ‘ a mumsy suburban type ’ , even though she shows some housewifey traits such as walking from Westminster to a West End restaurant in a pair of sensible shoes where she will then change into high heels carried in a plastic bag . |
| 8 | Yeah , do n't you feel as though you take some care of them . |
| 9 | Though they produced some statuary in Classical and Hellenistic styles they were not copyists . |
| 10 | In contrast with their younger counterparts , some of whom at least could hope realistically for the possibility of promotion , the older field men have little ambition , though they retain some sense of mission . |
| 11 | The present situation , therefore , even though it allows some fudging of extraordinary items , must be far from perfect from Mr Damant 's point of view . |
| 12 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 13 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 14 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 15 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 16 | In the three month experiment , unlikely rural topics like cot death , abortion , murder and villagers ' fight against toxic waste dumping are shown , though it seems some episodes will be cut as only four episodes a week are planned . |
| 17 | Though it claimed some influence upon the councils of action in the North East and in London , its impact was minimal . |
| 18 | I therefore reject the argument on behalf of the appellants in this case , that the Home Secretary is obliged to follow the judges ' views as to the requirements of retribution and deterrence in mandatory life sentence cases , even though it allowed some exceptions . |
| 19 | Though he got some support from Board members Hilary Wainwright and Vella Pillay of the Bank of China ( who changed his mind and agreed that Sutton had to go as soon as he saw Pilger 's pages ) , there was no real point . |
| 20 | I was surprised by how quickly he agreed to the meeting , as though he had some sort of obligation towards me . |
| 21 | Hopper held his own in a hard , heavy-hitting first round in which he took the fight to Parsons , even though he took some punishment . |
| 22 | He spoke numerous languages , had travelled widely abroad , and was delighted by the prospect of our filming either the Toraja or the Bugis , though he expressed some misgivings about sailing any distance with the latter . |