Example sentences of "[pron] through the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and one boy chose to write about plumbing and do you know , he found that there was nothing written down about plumbing in the early nineteen seventies there were one or two plumbing text books , they were very expensive and you could only get them through The Institute of Plumbers plumbing is something that until about nineteen seventy five was passed from father to son or uncle to nephew it was a sort of secret craft you know , you can |
| 2 | ‘ But for this you should really have at least £50,000 and preferably £100,000 — and a stockbroker to guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares . ’ |
| 3 | Her father would groan sleepily as she hurried her kiss to him through the smell of cigars on his night 's breath . |
| 4 | The other travellers tottered towards him through the throng of birds . |
| 5 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 6 | Search for it through the wodge of bits of paper and exercise books and writing pads that my dreams , all my precious dreams are scribbled on . |
| 7 | As Sabah said that an agreement with France would soon follow , the aim being to " guarantee peace and security in the region , be it through the storage of weapons and military equipment in Kuwait , as is the case with the agreement with the USA , or the articles in the agreement signed with Britain which make stipulations on helping to build , organize and train the Kuwaiti army " . |
| 8 | Benjamin portrays the Brechtian drama as taking a traditional ‘ apparatus ’ ( theatre ) and transforming it through the use of techniques derived from the modern media : montage , interruption , critical quoting of everyday social ‘ gesture ’ . |
| 9 | The government of Kaifu 's successor , Kiichi Miyazawa , was strongly committed to the bill , and steered it through the House of Representatives ( the lower chamber of the Diet ) in December 1991 . |
| 10 | Are you aware of your own beauty , or do you only glimpse it through the acknowledgement of others ? |