Example sentences of "from [v-ing] through " in BNC.

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1 At last , after about twenty minutes ' wandering , her feet soaking wet inside her leaking boots , and her leg muscles aching from wading through the snow , she arrived at the car park outside the administration block , and found her car .
2 Visitors can follow the various stages in processing the wool , from blending through cording , spinning and dyeing to wearing and garment manufacture .
3 from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face .
4 NOTE Osteoporosis can not be cured once it is present , but younger women from the time of the menopause may be able to prevent it from developing through hormone replacement therapy .
5 In July 1833 Russian and Turkish representatives signed the Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi , a defensive agreement under which St Petersburg promised to assist the Turks in times of crisis and Constantinople promised to prevent warships from passing through the Dardanelles .
6 Tears welled up in her eyes , and she did nothing to stop them from spilling through her fingers and on to her cheeks .
7 ‘ That 's the only way to save someone else 's child from going through what Lee has . ’
8 The dice would be recast if the outcome was incompatible with the assumptions , so that a southerly-flowing segment would be prohibited from turning through 180° and flowing north .
9 Apart from moving through it as fast as possible on a pair of skis , ’ he added with an unexpected flash of humour .
10 Members of the UNIFIL force tried to stop the Israelis from breaking through the barriers , and engaged into fist-fights and stone-throwing .
11 ‘ We 've all got gangrene from marching through that rose garden . ’
12 One autumn night , when Liz was preparing for Oxford and Cambridge entrance , Shirley had come home at ten from the Harpers ' , flushed from sexual excitement and from running through the cold streets under the yellowing smoke-scented suburban trees , her body on fire , and had found Liz still sitting where she had left her , two hours earlier , at the kitchen table , staring at the pale-green wall , as though in a catatonic trance .
13 " Oh , kind sir , " Gabriel besought him , " I am so tired and hungry from travelling through the forest .
14 This last point is important since it will be seen from reading through the course that for those who wish it , there is considerable flexibility of approach .
15 This is bottom-line anathema for the corporate class , since it would outlaw the pauperised , feminised work force underpinned by immigrant $6-an-hour labour that keeps the profit curve from dropping through the floor .
16 What have I learned of myself from learning through Robert … ? ’
17 A couple of years ago , back from adventuring through the Caribbean and Central America , she decided not to become a campaigner .
18 If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth , there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth .
19 No longer are puddled clay or gault pools constructed , when one used to have to line the excavation with soot to prevent earthworms from poking through the carefully laid finish .
20 Sitting at a desk working on a book could hardly be more different from battling through a polar blizzard , but it presents a different sort of challenge .
21 The DEDNI 's suggestion that it might encourage companies to testdrill on Cavehill , particularly for gold , has led to the formation of the Save the Cavehill Campaign in Belfast , while in west Belfast the Black Mountain Action Committee is trying to save the Mountain from disappearing through quarrying activities — the committee has found local people to be suffering from health problems , particularly of the eyes and throat , related to dust from the quarrying .
22 R. Rhodes , ( 1984 , p. 355 ) , observing the increased assertiveness of the Thatcher government , has characterized the changes in relationship between central and local government during the 1970s as shifting from bargaining through incorporation to direction and centralization in the 1980s .
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