Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] through [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 2 | You probably do not — because of denial — but it would be helpful initially to do the following self-assessment or go through it with a counsellor : The " drugs " of addictive " family disease " are self-denial and caretaking . |
| 3 | So the simplest method of disconnecting the pipes is to saw through them or to cut through them with a pipe cutter . |
| 4 | Jay drifted through the dazzle to hold her , kissed her agonisingly soft hair , breathed her perfume , kissed her closed wet eyes with a tenderness that stabbed through her with a sword of fire . |
| 5 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 6 | Chirk , trying to retain a hint of character despite the volume of traffic that passes through it on the A5 , came and went , then , across the River Ceiriog and out of Wales into England . |
| 7 | His head was throbbing and his body was a bruise radiating from a single abscess of pain that cut through him at every step . |
| 8 | You will probably be surprised at what a different experience it is actually speaking the words rather than running through them in your head . |
| 9 | The secret language , the underground stream that forced through her like a river , that rose and danced inside her like the pulling jet of a fountain , that wetted her face and hands like fine spray , that joined her back to what she had lost , to something she had once intimately known , that she could hardly believe would always be there as it was now , which waited for her and called her by her name . |
| 10 | She shuddered with the feeling that ran through her at the picture the childish words conjured up . |
| 11 | Stifling the pang of uncivilised jealousy that shot through her at that thought , Folly eased herself into the driver 's seat and slammed the door . |
| 12 | The thought caused her to quiver with a surge of jealousy that swept through her with frightening force . |
| 13 | I arranged to visit that afternoon and to go through it with Mr and Mrs Singh . |
| 14 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 15 | He constructed his own refined version of the newly-invented telescope and peered through it from the top of St Mark 's tower in Venice . |
| 16 | By a remarkable coincidence this book arrived on my desk for review a matter of weeks after I had first seen it and browsed through it in a bookshop in Kathmandu . |
| 17 | ‘ Miss Kyte , ’ repeated the old lady , raising her eyeglass and staring through it at his face . |
| 18 | Dreaming Lee took to this camera immediately and held it delicately and lifted the front-flap and looked through it in order to focus on something and take a picture of it . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't help it , it 's this horrible cave … ’ she complained huskily , her fingers finding the spring of his curly hair at the nape of his neck , and raking through it with shameless provocation . |
| 20 | Look out for the kissing gate on your right and go through it on the path heading to the lake which passes through Long How Wood . |
| 21 | I show him , I show him the way I do it , and go through it with him . |
| 22 | He just leapt , and went through it without touching the sides . |
| 23 | DeVore met those eyes and saw through them to the emptiness beyond . |
| 24 | I held her shoulders and reached through her to Daine . |
| 25 | But the band stuck by me , worked out a routine with me , and busked through it with me for the rest of the run . |
| 26 | It burned and raged through her like a fever , until she began to imagine that she was no longer herself , no longer human at all , but the heart of fire , the savage tooth , the embodiment of the very essence of pain . |
| 27 | One advantage of a card file is that it is very easy to pick up handful of cards and flip through them in odd five minutes in order to memorise some new words . |
| 28 | So powerful were the effects of this philosophy that to those who looked down from a higher level in society , the suffering became invisible ; or if not invisible , then transparent , and their view was not arrested by it but looked through it at what they took to be economic verities beyond . |