Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] through the " in BNC.

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1 The heron profile that she saw through the grille .
2 Sabatini had sympathy for her , admitting that she went through the same ordeal before winning the US Open in 1990 .
3 It was as she finished with the remainder of yesterday 's mail that she glanced through the window in time to see Silas walking towards the stables .
4 She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind .
5 Seven-thirty came and she glanced through the curtains to see if she could see your car drawing up .
6 And she went through the same circum got exactly the same ending .
7 Rachel signals for me to stay quiet , and she asks through the door what these guys want .
8 And she passed through the sweet shop with a nod towards Nan , who was serving a customer , and out into the street .
9 Belinda improvised at a gabble through a strained throat , and she hurried through the doors before Dr Russell could reach them and before Deana Davenport could gather her wits enough to reply .
10 She stared at him a moment , her eyes narrowed slightly , as if she saw through the flesh to the bone itself , and while he met her staring eyes unflinchingly , something in the depths of him squirmed and tried to break away .
11 If she goes through the checkout without a tantrum praise her behaviour ( ‘ You 're a big girl behaving so well ’ ) .
12 She had to get her before she went through the gates and she was thankful for the bright moonlight .
13 Queen Victoria had the curtains of her train window drawn when she passed through the region so that her eyes should not be offended by its ugliness and squalor .
14 But this accident must be something far more serious , because all the nursery maids were crying , and so , when she looked through the bannisters on her way to bed , were the servants downstairs .
15 When she came through the door , he 'd be behind it .
16 Arthur Peeble was already dressed in his outdoor coat , his hat in his hand , when she went through the tobacco store-room and into the shop .
17 She was a child , he should have thought about what would happen when she went through the usual adolescent trials .
18 When she went through the door that led back into the kitchen , she found that Julius was still there .
19 When she checked through the spyhole it was standing in exactly the same spot , unmoving , like a lizard .
20 It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here .
21 The first person she met when she walked through the backstage door was Josh , and , if the situation had n't been so terrible , his expression — which somehow managed to combine outrage , amazement and sheer blessed relief — would have been positively comical .
22 Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard .
23 He is usually to be found in his pyjama bottoms , shaving , when she comes through the door .
24 ‘ Are you alone ? ’ asked Helen , when she phoned through the next afternoon to the College of Further Education staff common room during Greg 's free period .
25 Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone .
26 The smell of wax polish hit her as she walked through the hall .
27 ‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room .
28 ‘ As soon as she walked through the door all the memories came flooding back and she burst into tears , ’ Rosemary said .
29 Katherine , as she walked through the enlarged sweep of the living room with its creamy raw silk textures , its mix of low-slung sofas and older more ornately curved chairs , was radiant with satisfaction .
30 ‘ Are you suggesting Joseph pushed her into the water as she walked through the harbour ? ’
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