Example sentences of "though [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence , ’ he replied , though not without a struggle . |
| 2 | The party in the Commons would probably have done so , though not without a severing of all connections by a determined minority ; there is little doubt though that the party outside parliament would not have accepted fusion , or that they could have prevented its implementation . |
| 3 | Grenada was the last tiny but bitter dreg in the constitutional cup which the United Kingdom has drained in the past thirty-five years ; and bravely , though not without a grimace of disgust , did we swallow it . |
| 4 | If Mr Spicer 's dismissal for drunkenness last Christmas was a charade ; if he is still in fact in your employment though not as a chauffeur ; if your American mistress telephoned Mr Fairfax-Vane and lured him here ; if I should happen to fall victim to a break-in apparently arranged by Mr Fairfax-Vane in order to lay his hands on my Tunbridge Ware but actually carried out by Mr Spicer in order to bring about my death ; if my demise should leave you in possession of your father 's letters and free to publish them … |
| 5 | After a break during the Franco-Prussian war , in which he was actively involved , though not as a combatant , his thoughts on tragedy took final shape in 1871 . |
| 6 | Try to walk into the room with good posture , though not like a guardsman on parade . |
| 7 | For Althusser does deal with this distinction — though not in a way Lukes can accept — by denying its validity . |
| 8 | In the 1960s , the idea had resurfaced — though not in a form that Owen would have recognised as remotely related to that that he had advocated . |