Example sentences of "were [verb] through [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall 1586 ( 66% ) were traced through the NHS central registry at Southport , and 693 had died between 1 January 1951 and 31 December 1990 . |
| 2 | The Guildsmen were wading through the audience , overturning benches and chasing children away with the backs of their hands . |
| 3 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 4 | Men were struggling through the crowd in the street , a ladder between them . |
| 5 | A day later , we were struggling through the runnels and alleyways of that city . |
| 6 | If you pay for the glasses yourself , you ca n't apply for a refund afterwards ( even if you were entitled to a voucher ) unless they were prescribed through the Hospital Eye Service . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Micky , ’ said Peter Hickton , ‘ would it help if we were to go through the lines again this evening , just the two of us ? ’ |
| 8 | She had no doubt they would come — she had had lots of inquiries from her last advertisement in the local paper — but in the meantime all the bills were thumping through the letter-box and Great-Aunt Alicia 's legacy was beginning to melt terrifyingly . |
| 9 | Balance of payments crises were registered through the balance of short-term assets and liabilities ; and a number of critics , then as now , fastened on the level of overseas military expenditure which in international terms was disproportionately high in relation to national income . |
| 10 | Before long we were speeding through the night towards Joyce 's Country , County Galway . |
| 11 | A few miles from Huntspill , in the hamlet of Shurton , lived Henry Poole , a fellow student of Coleridge 's at Jesus College , and one member of a large and talented family whose various branches were scattered through a number of local villages . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The noise was a foul but apt accompaniment to the schooner 's fitful motion for , with her wheel lashed and her sails only half trimmed , Wavebreaker was bridling and jerking into the short hard seas that were driving through the North-East Providence Channel . |
| 14 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 15 | ‘ On our first date we were driving through the countryside when we spotted some sheep out in a field . |
| 16 | Corporal Alan Furniss , commander of the Warrior , said they were driving through an area nicknamed Sniper 's Alley when he received a message there was firing from a cinema ahead . |
| 17 | Hands still bound behind their backs , they were hustled through the gateway . |
| 18 | Behind them torches were bobbing through the night . |
| 19 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 20 | As they crossed the broad reach of the Spree at Elsenstrasse , where tugs were crunching through the ice , Erika pointed out what sights there were to see but Karl merely gave a perfunctory nod and returned to his absorbed stare through his window . |
| 21 | The doughs were come through the machine cut into sizes certain weights moulded and the men put them in tins . |
| 22 | We were walking through a silent forest . |
| 23 | The cave itself was surprisingly warm and we realised we were walking through a gallery which led us into a lofty underground cavern . |
| 24 | On another occasion , the two were walking through a West End street when a voice behind called out : ‘ Hi , Andrew ! ’ |
| 25 | He and Pat were walking through a London street when a red Royal Mail van shuddered to a halt beside them . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Flora and I were walking through the palm grove , on mud paths between tiny squares of pale green barley . |
| 28 | They were walking through the village . |
| 29 | We were walking through the forest . |
| 30 | Now the Doctor 's companion , the woman and the android were walking through the dark corridors of the castle , trying to find some means of escape . |