Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] through [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A day later , we were struggling through the runnels and alleyways of that city . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , Micky , ’ said Peter Hickton , ‘ would it help if we were to go through the lines again this evening , just the two of us ? ’ |
| 3 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 4 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 5 | With Mario , you felt that if you were walking through the wilds and a bear came bellowing from behind a tree , Mario would seize its paw , shake it vigorously and tell it a good story . |
| 6 | ‘ Sanitation parades ’ forced the message home , in which giant models of the house fly were paraded through the streets dragging empty prams , symbolising the fly 's lethal effect on babies . |
| 7 | The thin light was casting curious shadows everywhere now , and Lugh blinked and rubbed his eyes , because just for a moment it had seemed that figures were appearing through the mists ahead of him . |
| 8 | Even though there was a serious risk that its reaction with the hot burning metal would cause a hydrogen explosion , thousands of gallons of water at the highest pressure possible were pumped through the channels which held the burning fuel . |
| 9 | For there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel , and the hum and songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day ; and the merry jests and greetings sent down to those who were passing through the streets . |
| 10 | I wondered what memories were passing through the minds of the other members of the group , especially those that 50 years earlier had paid a flying visit to Norway in rather different circumstances . |
| 11 | However , two institutes were opened through the efforts of the National Deaf and Dumb Society as well — mainly through James Paul . |
| 12 | More than 1.6 million summer holidays were sold through the shops , a 29 per cent increase on 1991 . |
| 13 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 14 | It seems that although English greenswards remained innocent of South Africans , score cards from agreed events were exchanged through the mails . |
| 15 | It seems that although English greenswards remained innocent of South Africans , score cards from agreed events were exchanged through the mails in what is said to be a contravention of the Gleneagles Agreement . |
| 16 | It will die out over there and the flames were coming through the bricks were n't it mam ? |
| 17 | Well we had the parks to look after , we had the baths , the public baths and the playing fields to er they were administered through a parks superintendent . |
| 18 | There was still plenty of bitterness and anger , but other emotions were surfacing through the hurts . |
| 19 | Concrete slabs were thrown through the windows while they were following a stolen car . |
| 20 | Passageways were pierced through the walls of houses in some places , and in others they were supported on props along the faces of warehouses and shops , and it was across one of these — a sturdy bridge of timber which was designed to withstand the weight of carts as well as men — that Burun 's party moved without very much opposition from the revellers , most of whom clearly preferred the breadth of the main streets . |
| 21 | Heavily-armed US combat troops , supported by artillery and helicopter gunships , were deployed through the streets of the capital yesterday , after a night marked by sporadic gunfire , looting and continuing reports of hostage-taking . |
| 22 | They were working through the buildings quickly and , as far as he could tell , efficiently . |
| 23 | Third , it is possible that the volatiles were acquired through the impacts on otherwise completed planets of volatile-rich bodies , as illustrated in Figure 5.1 ( d ) . |
| 24 | If large volumes of raw materials and possibly manufactured and semi-finished goods were routed through the temples , what role does that leave the secular authority ? |
| 25 | In the 1870s , the Society was established in premises at Renfield Street where it remained until the splendid new building in West Regent Street was erected through the efforts of William Agnew in 1894 . |
| 26 | Wyatt 's worldly recognition that his ‘ device ’ needed to be changed if he was to continue through the seasons is likely also to have been learned through his parts in kings ' games . |
| 27 | Daylight was filtering through the shutters when Luce awoke to instant and complete remembrance . |
| 28 | If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 29 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 30 | The teenager was walking through the grounds of Hospital yesterday evening , when a man pulled her to the ground and threatened her . |