Example sentences of "and i [vb past] through [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 2 | Sat down and I fell through the whole of the chair . |
| 3 | George beckoned and I followed through a door into the heat of the rear section of the engines , the section containing among other things the boiler which provided steam to heat the whole train . |
| 4 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 5 | Then , suddenly , I got this power , and I walked through the crowd feeling like a Don Gordon [ big man ] . |
| 6 | Then , suddenly , I got this power , and I walked through the crowd feeling like a Don Gordon . |
| 7 | At midday , when we shut the shop for lunch , and I drove through the streets , it was only the river , glittering in the hard light , that seemed alive . |
| 8 | ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult . |
| 9 | ‘ During my last pregnancy my husband and I went through a really tough time — in fact it has not ended yet and we are undecided as to whether we are going to separate or not . |
| 10 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 11 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 12 | His young master brought him in repeatedly and I went through the motions , trying at the same time to make it clear that it was all hopeless . |
| 13 | I saw them watching your house and I escaped through the back . |
| 14 | When MacMinimum and I rode through the next day , they were pulling the walls down and even uprooting the foundations . |
| 15 | It was easy enough to spot them in the distance if they were in a clearing on the mountainside , but extremely difficult to detect them as Abdullahi and I approached through a tangle of giant heath that rose far above our heads . |
| 16 | Simon , his wife Nancy , Jack and I sat through the first act of the sold-out play . |
| 17 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
| 18 | A movement outside caught my eye and I peered through the window ; looked like I 'd put on an outside light , too . |
| 19 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 20 | She was busy , making , while Edward and I ballooned through the intellectual stratosphere with nothing to show for our efforts but an increase of paper . |
| 21 | yeah but I , I 'm and I sawed through the board and you ran away so fast |
| 22 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |