Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't see the number from where she was , so she stole through the undergrowth and came up to it from behind . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If she goes through the checkout without a tantrum praise her behaviour ( ‘ You 're a big girl behaving so well ’ ) . |
| 4 | She had to get her before she went through the gates and she was thankful for the bright moonlight . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When she came through the door , he 'd be behind it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She was a child , he should have thought about what would happen when she went through the usual adolescent trials . |
| 10 | When she went through the door that led back into the kitchen , she found that Julius was still there . |
| 11 | When she checked through the spyhole it was standing in exactly the same spot , unmoving , like a lizard . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He is usually to be found in his pyjama bottoms , shaving , when she comes through the door . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone . |
| 18 | The smell of wax polish hit her as she walked through the hall . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ As soon as she walked through the door all the memories came flooding back and she burst into tears , ’ Rosemary said . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you suggesting Joseph pushed her into the water as she walked through the harbour ? ’ |
| 23 | They were silent as she walked through the door to the dining room , as if they had a secret . |
| 24 | But short of getting dressed , or rummaging in the hall cupboard for her Burberry , or swathing herself in her duvet and sweeping ornaments to the ground as she tiptoed through the sitting-room , she could n't think of any solution . |
| 25 | Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it . |
| 26 | This gives you a head start , and if you are sensitive to her changing needs as she goes through the grief experience you will learn your role and recognise your cues as you go along . |
| 27 | The tall dark girl got off the London train and as she passed through the barrier at Stowerton station she asked the woman collecting tickets where she could get a taxi . |
| 28 | As she passed through the channel there had been less than a foot clearance between the ship 's sides and the concrete wharf . |
| 29 | As she passed through the gate , to walk beside the stream , Bob Lamb caught sight of her from the other bank of the beck . |
| 30 | It was there as soon as she passed through the doors of their East Side brownstone . |