Example sentences of "[vb past] through [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 6.5 Ants follow pheromone trails by balancing the concentrations smelled through its two antennae . |
| 2 | His father Thomas Hope , who settled in England about 1796 , became through his writings and patronage the central figure in the neo-classical movement in England , and made his Duchess Street house , and Deepdene near Dorking , centres for his extensive collections . |
| 3 | Harvard 's new pathway got through its pilot years relying on the motivated staff and fellows . |
| 4 | But there were moments when he got through her barriers , and , although they were rare , this was one of them . |
| 5 | Siegfried grunted , but he got through his plateful and left without further comment . |
| 6 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 7 | ’ Someone got through our security and got him out . |
| 8 | I got through my share without much difficulty — I 've always liked sausage and mash . |
| 9 | And — yes — I got through my ‘ appreciation ’ of Philip without crying once , and with recourse to only one swig from the Rescue Remedy , with nothing more than red , puffy eyes , a bursting heart and a thumping head for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 10 | They were either bought in by Don Bennett himself , and there were very few of those that got through my fine mesh , or those who were somehow or other forced on us by agencies over which we had no control . |
| 11 | It is normally believed that this arose through my friendship with Harold Wilson . |
| 12 | The more the questions tumbled through her brain , the more confused she became . |
| 13 | Words tumbled through his mind , and inside his head he could see himself — as if on a stage — daring the figure to make its business known . |
| 14 | A confusion of emotions tumbled through his mind : anger , concern , fear . |
| 15 | I did n't know any boys , except those I met through my sisters , and they seemed to me to be vain , impolite and almost totally inarticulate . |
| 16 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |
| 17 | ‘ I saw a man dissipating so much affection for his country and his associates ’ , said Hakim , struggling to explain to a New York lawyer his bad case of ‘ love at first sight ’ , ‘ that the radiation of that love — it really immediately penetrated through my system . ’ |
| 18 | Winning a little more possession in the second period , Bridgend attacked through their backs , bringing some fine defence from Withey and George . |
| 19 | He was never at ease in large company but preferred the few friends he made through his education at Eton and Cambridge . |
| 20 | Sam looked out over the flooding river and breathed in the damp smell of the morning as if testing wine for bouquet , and I thought that he lived through his senses to a much greater degree than I did and was intensely alive in his direct approach to sex and his disregard of danger . |
| 21 | Her many ‘ seeings ’ of Christ and the Holy Family may have been delusions which she actually lived through , as Ruskin lived through his conflicts with the Devil , or they may have been deliberately induced auto-hypnosis deriving from the Revelations of St Bridget , to whom Margery had a special devotion . |
| 22 | ‘ Will you let me out of here ? ’ she gritted through her teeth . |
| 23 | ‘ Nine o'clock sharp , ’ she agreed through her teeth , and as she turned her head their eyes locked and she felt afraid , very afraid , because she knew he was stronger . |
| 24 | They knew the names of certain French dishes and gave orders to Jarveys in high pitched provincial voices , which pierced through their skin-tight accents . |
| 25 | The thoughts swirled through her mind as she followed Silas and Doreen to the dining-room , and as they went towards the corner table Matt stood up . |
| 26 | Later at the inquest ( which he did n't attend ) , he admitted through his lawyer that he may have been driving on the wrong side of the road . |
| 27 | Frank leaned forward and whispered through his translator . |
| 28 | ‘ Rex , ’ Laz whispered through his fingers , ‘ are we on the roof yet ? ’ |
| 29 | He gazed at her bent head as she read through her notes , and she looked up and smiled faintly at him . |
| 30 | I would not properly be able to understand the Mughals ' palace , said Dr Jaffery , unless I first read through their book of etiquette . |