Example sentences of "[vb past] through the " in BNC.

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1 She tottered through the open door .
2 As they tottered through the trees this Wednesday morning , she felt herself shaking from somewhere deep inside .
3 The moon was low now and the light , wherever it slanted through the trees , seemed thicker , older and more yellow .
4 She pushed back her hair , as bright as copper in the sunshine that slanted through the big bay window .
5 In 1911 Shinwell , after varied experience in a number of industries , became through the good offices of the highly influential Glasgow Trades Council , of which he was vice-chairman , a voluntary official of Wilson 's union , though he had no personal knowledge of seagoing or of the sea .
6 We squelched through the oozy wet mud of the long sea wall at Titchwell Marsh .
7 She squelched through the mud at a half-trot and hoped with all her heart that someone , after all this agony , would be in ; a kind , exceptionally friendly family would be nice ; the elder son could be a brilliant mechanic and would mend her jeep with the proverbial wave of his spanner , the mother could be a fantastic cook .
8 By the time she got through the winner had flown , but she finished full of running .
9 As Henry got through the front gate , number 60 went back up the street towards his wife and number 47 dropped , suddenly and dramatically , on to his knees in front of the red Mitsubishi .
10 How Bunce Court got through the war it is hard to imagine , but get through it did and with flying colours , if the testimony of former pupils is anything to go by .
11 He got through the meal .
12 Somehow Jack got through the rest of the day and arrived at the hospital tired and miserable .
13 She 'ave ter goo , ’ she stormed as soon as he got through the door .
14 She does n't know how he got through the main doors and an electronically operated gate to get in to the courtyard where the car is always left unlocked .
15 Two years ago I got through the guilt obstacle .
16 Next thing they got through the grapevine was that the journey was off .
17 He said ‘ The front door was locked , so I got through the window at the back .
18 They got through the winter together .
19 It was tough , but we got through the time somehow .
20 He just about could do , because as it turned out she only took a percentage , unlike the other two who got through the lot , but then Egan had more to leave hidden than Place .
21 Somehow , with gritted teeth , her soul in torment , she got through the day and the night that followed .
22 He not only got through the first round but he reached the final again !
23 This practical suggestion got through the haze .
24 ‘ Aye , yesterday ! ’ she exclaimed accusingly , seizing on the distraction when his words finally got through the strange fog in her brain .
25 How she got through the next day , she could n't remember .
26 If the diplomatic bags contained metal objects that got through the system , surely the Minister or his right hon. Friend the Home Secretary should take note of the seriousness of the problem .
27 At last there it was , and somehow I got through the rest without further mishap .
28 She got through the rest of the morning as best she could .
29 Then with about 7 minutes to go , Goodmans speed got through the defence again and Beeny could only parry his low shot for Gray ( there was about 5 of them on the pitch ) to tap in .
30 And so she got through the week , surviving mainly on humour and philosophy , but occasionally resorting to sarcasm with particularly obtuse patients .
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