Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] through the " in BNC.

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1 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
2 Bannen tried to take his son 's hand , but his fingers passed right through the simularity field .
3 As the coaches slip quietly through the tolls on the Severn Bridge , the Royal Military Academy itself is beginning to come to life .
4 Unsuccessful suitors copy the songs of the successful ones , and so the songs change steadily through the breeding season .
5 Human eyes peered out through the empty sockets of beasts .
6 When two police cars raced in through the school gates she hid behind a wall .
7 Empty chairs with harnesses swung violently through the air , high above people 's heads .
8 When Rosalind and Philip first moved in , it was in a pretty parlous condition , with , amongst other nightmares , an elder tree with its roots in the great hall and its branches spreading in through the windows .
9 The shrill blast of their brazen trumpets echoed triumphantly through the heart of the land .
10 There was the sound of running feet outside and the gate guards piled in through the crack .
11 Voices drifted up through the floorboards every Thursday night .
12 These lifts go up through the ceiling into the room above .
13 ‘ People have a psychological need for role models and kids live vicariously through the stars they follow .
14 Under normal conditions limestone allows aqueous salt solutions to move constantly through the stone .
15 say that women have been discriminated against for so long that they just have n't had the opportunities to rise up through the ranks , and if they are ever going to achieve the kind of representation that they ought to achieve just by the sheer numbers that the represent in the population , apart from the quality , and there are a lot of people who would say that women are probably rather superior erm to a lot of men at an equal level
16 The siphuncle in most ammonoids runs not through the middle of the whorl but along the outer edge .
17 ( c ) left X-rays pierce right through the object , revealing the massive breaks .
18 An old boat lay half-submerged against the bank with reeds pushing up through the holes in its hull .
19 Another problem is the identity of the principal ; each member of the Council is the delegate of its own State , but the only possible principal is the body of member States acting jointly through the International Tin Agreement .
20 Balconies poked out through the burgeoning leaves .
21 The flames spread quickly through the workshops of this scrap yard at Elmstone Hardwick near Cheltenham .
22 The woman dropped the credits where he could n't catch them ; the thin plastic chips feathered down through the air and Mijnheer scrabbled after them , his dignity in shreds .
23 The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note .
24 Alex Bannen 's footsteps echoed hesitantly through the refectory .
25 As the black lines creep back through the newly faced walls
26 Brown barges puttered slowly through the turbid water .
27 Too much of a good thing for too long , in fact , mirrored in their supremacy at cricket , but when matters go awry through the dictates of cyclical change , then rebellion and recalcitrance appear the sole riposte .
28 The combination of clear , fragrant Alpine air , pedigree herds of cows , fresh milk and cheese-making skills handed down through the generations give the cheese its true taste and character .
29 White doves fluttered down through the doorway and children swarmed in and out .
30 It is customary for workers to go collectively through the vines eradicating excess foliage , which improves the circulation of air around the vine and also reduces the risk of fungi developing .
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