Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] through [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ During the period 1946 through 1953 ’ , the Randall commission of the US Congress on foreign economic policy reported * , ‘ the United States transferred through gifts and loans $33billion of goods and services , exclusive of military items . |
| 2 | Like an x-ray her mind went through walls to every room and every cupboard and felt everything clean and orderly and done within them . |
| 3 | No country was worse hit than Britain , where an economic gale tore through companies which were already dangerously weak . |
| 4 | Much of the indebtedness of these middle-income countries arose through borrowings in private sector capital markets , mainly the euro-currency markets , and although it was feared that the banks involved were seriously at risk it is becoming clear that rescheduling of debt by the banks with the debtor countries has been possible . |
| 5 | The panelling was scarred with initials and obscenities ; greenish damp from blocked gutterings seeped through walls hung with silk that was torn and ripped . |
| 6 | The Midlands scored through tries by Richards and Stuart Potter plus two penalties and a conversion by Liley . |
| 7 | Back from the riverbanks , men in gallibayas glided through orchards of apricot trees . |
| 8 | The bomb tore through shops and houses over a 1,000 yard radius — stretching from Bridge Street to Castle Street . |
| 9 | With cautiously gloved hands , Ace flicked through papers from a locked cabinet , which she had opened by means of a knife she usually concealed in her boot . |
| 10 | Although he saw selection as a plausible hypothesis that confirmed the scientist 's right to investigate the question , he had major reservations about the mechanism and preferred to believe that evolution occurred through saltations or leaps produced by some mechanism internal to the organism . |
| 11 | Thus in 1977 over 340,000 persons at work in the UK suffered through accidents and occupationally-induced ill health compared with 93,500 persons victimized by indictable crimes of violence . |
| 12 | For Marx however capital is not a thing but a ‘ social relation between persons mediated through things ’ ( from Capital Vol. 1 , quoted in Lukács 1971 : 49 ) . |
| 13 | Oily water glittered through gaps in the teak boards as we climbed the gangplank . |
| 14 | He had his Garryowen backs lying flat like the Aussies and the ball flashed through hands — such as Garryowen 's internationals , Phil Danaher and Richard Wallace — with all the uniform speed of a baton expertly passed without pause by a well-trained sprint relay team . |
| 15 | Mr Roskha said of the trouble in Kishinyev : ‘ Several thousand people from the Popular Front and other groups broke through cordons of police and climbed on to the tanks and armoured personnel carriers , waving banners and chanting slogans . |
| 16 | Jaq riffled through facets , summoning scene after scene into prominence in swift succession till he came to the spy-fly that was tracking … |
| 17 | Lorrimer said through lips so stiff that the words sounded cracked : |
| 18 | Phillip Tranter controlled through words and strongly expressed beliefs which were difficult to counter . |
| 19 | The winner went through hours of written exams and a tough driving contest on the streets of Milton Keynes to win the title |
| 20 | On Thursday the FBI played through loudspeakers tapes of previous conversations between negotiators and Koresh and a cult member , Steve Schneider , to make certain that all 105 followers still inside the compound were aware of what had been presented in the talks . |
| 21 | The air was pungent with spices ; the linoleum on the floor peeped through offcuts of burgundy carpet . |
| 22 | You waited outside in the street for up to two hours , and then , when you got to the box office , the passes were heaped in no known order , and Tory office girls scrabbled through piles of them as if digging for hidden bones . |
| 23 | Groups bonded through interests or situations rather than the fact that members happen to be over 60 may be far more suitable . |
| 24 | Blanche listened attentively as the sergeant skipped through details of the company structure and gave a thumbnail sketch of Stephen Blufton , the chairman of TV London . |
| 25 | In the late seventies and early eighties , travel to Cosford could sometimes be likened to a cross-polar expedition as athletes and spectators battled through blizzards and packed snow , up or down the M6 and along the A5 , or up the A41 from Wolverhampton . |
| 26 | How different they were ( we who worked in primary schools thought ) from the secondary schools described in the Newsom Report of 1963 in which ‘ children sat through lessons with information and exhortation washing over them and leaving little deposit ’ . |
| 27 | Others came through visions . |
| 28 | Here and there little shafts of sunlight shone through gaps in the roof . |
| 29 | A stolen Volkswagen Golf ploughed through cones on to the M25 's hard shoulder . |
| 30 | As time ticked by at Gatwick , Keith feared there were last minute problems in Immigration , but eventually Mae passed through customs . |