Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | William read through the article , finding two literals , while she finished the last page . |
| 2 | Armstrong zipped through the City with more than usual aplomb , which made me think that Duncan the Drunken had given him a tuning . |
| 3 | Pascoe rippled through the pages of his notebook , stopped , coughed and began to speak in an impersonal monotone as before . |
| 4 | Cardiff moved through the shadows to where Frye was crouched against the wall , next to the reception desk . |
| 5 | I run down the hill , into the sunlit glen and then up the far side , with Andy crashing through the bushes , heather and-ferns behind me . |
| 6 | David rose through the ranks from education officer to acting director of technical education during his years in Northern Rhodesia , but some years after the country gained independence he made the decision to leave . |
| 7 | June 27 : Yak–52 crashed through the roof of a newly-built printing works following engine failure during air display at Amsk , Russia , killing pilot . |
| 8 | Bernice squinted through the air vents , trying to get a better look . |
| 9 | Zach squinted through the glass and wiped his breath away from the pane . |
| 10 | As the engine caught again Travis came through the curtains , his face pale and tense . |
| 11 | Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door . |
| 12 | Scott weaves through the gate into second place ( above ) , but must watch out for Bouncer the dog and Mrs Mangel ( below ) . |
| 13 | Morthen slashed through the bindings of Tallis 's cloak , stripped the woman as she lay there gasping for breath and life , mind awhirl with confused thoughts , with loss , with fear … with need . |
| 14 | She sobbed so much that Mrs Parvis heard through the wall and came in and told her off . |
| 15 | Jinny and Mr Hollins stepped through the door straight into the big kitchen . |
| 16 | Laing added a penalty nine minutes into the second period and then midway through McClusky cut through the defence for another try which Laing converted . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's like a battlefield , ’ he kept saying as he and Tammuz walked through the building . |
| 18 | Meredith escaped through the door he held open and walked quickly home feeling both discomfited and dissatisfied . |
| 19 | Often the wonderful natural natural story-teller in Walker breaks through the marshmallow and has us on the edge of the chair , but finally and lamentably this is a failure . |
| 20 | It stopped snowing but grew colder as the East breathed an icy wind across the city , and in the Egon Schultz school the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoed through the corridors . |
| 21 | Donna scrambled through the hall to the sitting-room , the automatic smoking in her hands . |
| 22 | Following him , Gleeson scuttled through the door marked ‘ Governor 's Office ’ but the air still held his shape . |
| 23 | Rex stared through the up-turned windscreen . |
| 24 | We only possess one piece of information with which to lend precision to the general statement that Richard went through the rebels ' lands with fire and sword , capturing and demolishing their fortresses , and this suggests that Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle of Taillebourg was once again at the centre of events . |
| 25 | Frankie stared through the banisters , willing the kitchen door to open . |
| 26 | ‘ What about opportunity on the day Mr Goodhaven fell through the floor ? ’ |
| 27 | When the group were all finally back in their minibus Rachel and David went through the now expected ritual of waving them goodbye . |
| 28 | Lucy went through the door to find herself facing a tall , dark-haired woman whose attire breathed sophisticated elegance . |
| 29 | Idly , David leafed through the list of functions , pleasures and invitations which Carole had left on her bedside table . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , the lad 's away , ’ David emerged through the crowd to tell her . |