Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom and I were led through the mock-Thirties-liner interior to a table in a rather draughty corner , and were brought freezing spritzers , black bread and tempting French menus . |
| 2 | I was tempted through the doors of the trade show . |
| 3 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 4 | I was driven through the gate when I first arrived and she was shut out ; she and her baby . |
| 5 | I was promoted through the ranks . |
| 6 | I was breastfed through falsies. — Comedian Woody Allen . |
| 7 | Moscovitch ( 1972 ; 1973 ) presented subjects with a set of unrelated letters which were heard through both ears . |
| 8 | Excellent slides , some of which were flashed through too quickly ; correct use of OHPs . |
| 9 | Then you had to bring some into the yard which were put through the scrapper for the dairy cows and the young calves that were housed . |
| 10 | Work on the project started last year when Bennington developed prototypes which were put through months of stringent trials before being approved for flight use . |
| 11 | She said to Maurin : ‘ I never knew how you and Joseph decided which pictures went to the States and which were sold through your gallery . |
| 12 | These were long sacks which were suspended through a circular hole in the floor , called the trading hole ( until presses were introduced , the hops were compressed by a man treading them in ) . |
| 13 | Further , under the new Act , LEAs rapidly expanded their own providing roles and Fieldhouse estimates that nationally there were about 5,000 evening institutes in 1947 and by 1950 more than 11,000 existed providing a wide range of social and recreational classes most of which were accommodated through the evening use of school premises . |
| 14 | This provided background information which was extended through visits . |
| 15 | It seems relevant that anthropology be used at this time to contribute to the debate on policing , for since the 1964 Police Act and the preceding Royal Commission which was generated through concern over police practice , the organization has held an increasingly central place in the public imagination . |
| 16 | The listener was given only a limited picture of life outside the capital and one which was seen through urban eyes . |
| 17 | Her release was the result of a special bill , which was rushed through Congress , to limit confinement to one year for contempt in child custody cases . |
| 18 | In her previous work , she was concerned with the intimate , subtle , but analytic , correlation with her female ancestors , which was achieved through the presentation of old family pictures , and small , personal objects . |
| 19 | The individual 's attempts to avoid the pitfalls of sin were assisted by the spiritual food of grace , which was transmitted through the seven Catholic sacraments : baptism , confirmation , confession , the eucharist , marriage , ordination , and the last rites . |
| 20 | Seine-et-Marne ) some 60 km away , bringing with them 18 women ( including ten " with their children " , because the case turned on legal free status which was transmitted through a mother to her offspring ) . |
| 21 | He stepped into the shallow copper tray which had been placed in the centre of the floor , and allowed himself to be showered — a constant sprinkling of water which was poured through a perforated funnel by one male slave , while others maintained the supply of water with buckets . |
| 22 | At his death he was owed £5 in salary from the Goldsmiths ( which was paid through the Mayor , then Alexander Lowe ) and £14 in " Schole wages " , the local subsidy . |
| 23 | It was followed by the educational ‘ comic ’ , Orbit ( published by the Commission for Technical Education and Vocational Training ) , which was sold through schools and came out three times a term . |
| 24 | We fulfilled our commitment to shareholders to divest Ultramar 's downstream business by creating a new company , Ultramar Corporation , which was sold through a flotation on the New York Stock Exchange in July 1992 , realising net proceeds of over $1 billion . |
| 25 | Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to read the scandalously deceitful national health service trust ballot which was put through my constituents ' letter boxes by Labour-controlled Harlow council — at an expense to the charge payers of £25,000 ? |
| 26 | Coalitionists saw well enough the contradiction between politicians who were elected through parties and a government that was the negation of party . |
| 27 | It was common for families who were linked through a business partnership to become linked by marriage as well , and vice versa . |
| 28 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 29 | To the ancient Egyptian this diversity was easily acceptable , being inherent to divine powers who were approached through a variety of images related to nature and animal and human life . |
| 30 | ‘ She told us that you had all been kept in what looked like some palace rooms , about how you were all positioned , never allowed to touch or speak , and that you were watched through little holes in the door . |