Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an iterative process which involves trawling through the design space of possible configurations until the optimal solution is found . |
| 2 | The screaming at one their concerts he wrote ‘ pierced the recoiling eardrums like the shriek of ten thousand bo'suns whistles blasting through a wind tunnel . ’ |
| 3 | More than a hundred people have been caught speeding through a contraflow on the M-four in just two days . |
| 4 | In the meantime , motorists caught speeding through the contraflow can expect to receive a court summons in the post . |
| 5 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 6 | Basically interviewers are hoping that the answer to all their prayers is going to come walking through that door . |
| 7 | But all the other animals had grown so suspicious of El-ahrairah and his tricks that they would not let him out of that wretched country and every day Prince Rainbow used to come walking through the marshes to make sure that El-ahrairah was still there . |
| 8 | If dad starts looking through there he 'll never get down the street . |
| 9 | He was tall , lean , shock-haired and deeply tanned : humorous of mien and colloquial of speech , he was the last person one would expect to find wandering through the groves of Academe . |
| 10 | ‘ I can not allow anyone , even the regent himself , to come wandering through my prison asking to see prisoners , especially such as Solper . |
| 11 | Forget searching through cupboards and sheds for the right tool for the job . |
| 12 | It is only when the fibre-rich food leaves the stomach that it starts passing through the body at a faster pace , giving the well-documented health benefits . |
| 13 | ‘ She never stopped chattering through the entire performance and of course that made everybody look at her . ’ |
| 14 | I tried going through the undergrowth and looping round — my sense of direction had far improved from peacetime — but the saw-toothed grasses left me bleeding like a scored steak . |
| 15 | For instance , a canned food processor would not normally consider selling through mail order unless the company was providing a very specialist type of food or perhaps providing it as part of a hamper pack . |
| 16 | We hope you have enjoyed browsing through this brochure , and that it 's provided you with a little inspiration . |
| 17 | And when you 've sent off for our supremely stylish blazer ( page 50 ) I hope you 'll enjoy browsing through Classics ( loose-inserted in this edition ) , a catalogue of the best fashion and home offers produced in recent months by SHE and some of our sister magazines including Country Living , Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping . |
| 18 | Talking of the management , er how do you think their attitude changed going through your experience er of negotiation , over the years you were at ? |
| 19 | Even the ‘ Harvey Wallbanger ’ was n't going to try going through that lot and Danny 's truck pulled up with its brakes squealing and hissing furiously . |
| 20 | Armies of monkeys marching through the jungle roof on swinging arms took fright , too , when they saw the little file of humans and they fled chattering through the upper branches almost as speedily as the birds . |
| 21 | It struck the wall , and a great cascade burst upwards , some of it to come flying through the cell window . |
| 22 | There is also some suggestion that health problems increase in opencast mining areas , something which urgently needs verifying through a major community health research study . |
| 23 | Collectively known as ‘ Power Kites ’ , the Flexifoils have a wide repertoire , from individual and team ballet performances to sprint flying through a speed trap , man-lifting power-kiting , beach skiing , buggy towing , cable riding and establishing a world sailing speed record of 25.03 knots ( 46km/h or 29mph ) with fifteen Super-10s towing a catamaran . |
| 24 | After two harpoons had been stuck into him — one marked ‘ philanderer ’ , one marked ‘ draft-dodger ’ — he swam bleeding through the Democratic primaries of February and March . |
| 25 | Dolce e Gabbana were caught raking through Marie Antoinette 's closet for their collection presented in Milan . |
| 26 | As with the coursebooks , the video aims to encourage learning through thinking and doing . |
| 27 | You expected Tarzan to come swinging through the bushes after Jane . |
| 28 | He tried squeezing through the bars but it was impossible to escape . |
| 29 | I tried breathing through the sleeves of my tracksuit . |
| 30 | Churchill simply disliked working through committees , the Defence Committee excepted . |