Example sentences of "though [pron] [modal v] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though I may say that I shall be getting twenty-five guineas next Thursday for doing nothing but sit around in a television studio for half-an-hour , instead of beating my brains out all week-end to write a script for the BBC Overseas Service and getting ten guineas for it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 3 | Training in the choir gave me a fine knowledge of the Psalms , though I must say that none of us choir boys looked forward to the fifteenth evening of the month when the set psalm had no less than seventy-three verses . |
| 4 | " Always glad to see you , of course , though I must say that I 'd hoped to go off duty without any more trouble . |
| 5 | Tolkien tried the experiment in Treebeard 's farewell , and maybe he failed ; though one might say that the image behind the phrase works well for Fangorn , whose sense of ultimate loss naturally centres on felled trees and barren ground . |