Example sentences of "through it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | But the door opened inward , like magic , and they fell through it to light , warmth , and safety . |
2 | ‘ When the tube is in place , air will be passed through it to distend the colon and give a clearer view of the lining … you may pass some wind , but although you may find this embarrassing , remember that staff do understand what is causing it . ’ |
3 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
4 | However , the heart 's own oxygen supply is not taken from the blood which is continually being pumped through it to service the rest of the body , but from separate little arteries which are called coronary arteries . |
5 | Happily there was some friendly cloud ; this time I went right through it to regain some horizontal reference , then bob in and out of the cloud until Jock had repaired the damage , I stayed near the cloud base just in case we were jumped again . |
6 | When the chocolate begins to set , run a fork through it to give wavy lines . |
7 | Then add the following checklist and go through it to see how you rate your performance . |
8 | I have enclosed a copy and would be most grateful if you could find the time to scan through it to see if I have made any errors of fact or tactics . |
9 | I looked through it to see why the music had stopped . |
10 | The closest I will ever come to staying there is when I pass through it to reach the stop for the buses into town . |
11 | The following year , encircled by 20km of high security fencing with 5,000 volts passing through it to deter animal and human predators , Anna Merz' rhino refuge was ready to receive its first incumbent , a large bull translocated from an area near the Nairobi National Park . |
12 | During the periods when the core is not saturated , the inductance of the coil causes the current passing through it to change linearly from one saturation state to the other . |
13 | Sometimes there is a single vertical bar running right through it to obscure it . |
14 | Keen to integrate the building into everyday life , he has made a diagonal route through it to encourage its use as a short-cut , and has redesigned the square outside , down to recreating the original pattern of Roman paving . |
15 | CPRW has been a member of the EEB for many years and works through it to influence European and global environmental policies . |
16 | For example , if they move through it to get to Drachenfels ' bedroom ( location 31 ) , if they re-enter from the north they have to make fresh WP tests . |
17 | Or damaged goods can , you know , put the foot through it to get the insurance cover on what we pay and we 're liable . |
18 | I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre . |
19 | Thus , if you want to study the use of the word ‘ true ’ in Arthur Hugh Clough , rather than generate a massive concordance containing all the words in Clough 's poems , and then leafing through it to find the word ‘ true ’ , you use the concordance package commands to generate a concordance which contains all and only the uses of ‘ true ’ . |
20 | With its listings of all-night movies , ‘ happenings ’ and a news section of political agitation that once moved Mick Jagger to remark that wading through it to find out what was showing at the NFT was ‘ like crossing a picket line ’ , Time Out became as much a fixture of London bedsit life as the latest Mike Oldfield or Sex Pistols record . |
21 | Each parent keeps a phone list of other members of the circle , and works through it to find someone who 's available . |
22 | However , once you have found the serial file you want , you still need to read through it to find the record you want . |
23 | The old entrance certainly had some memories … the great American Band leader Glenn Miller walked through it to play his last engagement before going missing in an aeroplane … |
24 | When Blanche 's trunk has arrived Stanley looks through it to try to prove to Stella that Blanche has sold Belle Reve and bought herself pearls and diamonds and a huge selection of clothes . |
25 | But 30 young drivers put themselves through it to try and win the title best young motorist . |
26 | It must be dense enough to support the plant , porous enough to hold water , and open enough for air to diffuse through it to provide oxygen . |