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 . |