Example sentences of "[vb pp] through it " in BNC.
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| 31 | But then , how could he have seen through it ? |
| 32 | It has to be transparent in order that the background , or other characters which pass behind , can be seen through it . |
| 33 | No , but people have died through it through le ye years |
| 34 | I could not have got through it without him . |
| 35 | Craig had been wonderful to Hari during the past days , she did n't think she could have got through it all without him . |
| 36 | I would n't have got through it without her . |
| 37 | Got through it this time . |
| 38 | Well I have n't got through it yet . |
| 39 | ‘ They check all the rooms to make sure no one 's slept through it . |
| 40 | It had almost bitten through it , and , as Moore watched , part of the rope fell to the floor . |
| 41 | I 've played through it , recorded with it , connected it up to almost everything but the kitchen sink and every time it 's delivered either the sound I wanted or something very close . |
| 42 | Then he would go in there , turn everything out of the cupboards , eat his fill , and leave the place looking like a herd of swine had trampled through it . |
| 43 | Her hair was dyed grey and drawn up in a bun , with two needles crossed through it . |
| 44 | Two trolls hurried through it , slammed it behind them , dropped the heavy bar across it and fled down the stairs . |
| 45 | Her hair was tied in a bun and , like Topknot , it had a long grey feather stuck through it . |
| 46 | On her head she wore a green felt hat , with a pin stuck through it like a bodkin . |
| 47 | I mean Halloween is it 's a pagan ritual it 's there to worship the devil it 's the most poignant date in the calendar if you want to get into black magic if you want to dance naked round er a sheep 's heart with sticks stuck through it . |
| 48 | A wooden float with nails driven through it is useful as a devilling tool , to key the wall surface between coats ; again , you can improvise one if you wish . |
| 49 | She did n't tell anyone that the woman called Benny was stealing away from the group ; had found one of the perimeter doors ; had slipped through it , and had gone . |
| 50 | Walking further into the shed , I paused and looked around wondering how many times my old father must have walked through it . |
| 51 | ‘ But at least I have walked through it . ’ |
| 52 | If the gate of natural philosophy , the ultimate foundation for Hobbes 's political philosophy , had been opened by Galileo , others had entered through it along with Harvey . |
| 53 | By a remarkable coincidence this book arrived on my desk for review a matter of weeks after I had first seen it and browsed through it in a bookshop in Kathmandu . |
| 54 | The canal was never a commercial success , though it was made deeper after Telford 's death , but it is still open , and in the First World War it served the strategic purpose for which it had not been needed during the Napoleonic Wars : 70,000 mines were shipped through it , mainly by the U.S. Navy , to protect Allied merchant shipping against German U-boats . |
| 55 | Coded messages , huge sums of money , nail-biting coincidences — like the time in a hotel lobby when , accompanied by one of his biggest targets , he bumped into someone he had previously arrested — and genuine humour run through it . |
| 56 | ‘ That rock , vault over it , ’ or ‘ the old fence , run through it . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ It would look normal to you , ’ said Sam , ‘ if a herd of wild animals had run through it . |
| 58 | Then run through it . ’ |
| 59 | Thick dark hair begged to have fingers run through it , but the wide mouth was still dominated by the thickness of his lower lip , which gave his face such potent sexuality . |
| 60 | Even his hair was distinctly ruffled , as though impatient fingers had been frequently run through it . |