Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lack of interest goes right through the educational system , In Ealing for example ( an area where a high proportion of the population is Asian ) not one school had facilities for teaching Asian languages . |
| 2 | Then Julius glanced up at her , and for just an instant Jessamy seemed to see right through the protective shield with which he had surrounded himself . |
| 3 | It can occur much earlier , but the peak danger period for the disease generally begins from the early part of July , and may persist right through the growing season until the big temperature drops of late autumn upset it . |
| 4 | Yanto 's mind was busy as he meandered slowly through the leafy lanes towards Purton . |
| 5 | Within a quarter of an hour Thomas was back , hugging himself with pleasure in his own cunning , and they passed together through the little door , and drew it to again after them . |
| 6 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 7 | And then , as if the slight sound which had broken from her throat was a signal , he quickly scooped her up in his arms , wading swiftly through the shallow water towards the sandy shore . |
| 8 | We generally sleep right through the early morning if it 's rough weather . |
| 9 | Overalled figures , wearing goggles , face-masks , helmets or turbans , moved slowly through the sulphurous gloom or crouched over their inscrutable tasks beside furnaces and machines . |
| 10 | A figure moved slowly through the uncertain light towards him , as faceless and monumental as Death in an old engraving . |
| 11 | The passengers may have been ablaze with diamonds , but the ships themselves were lit at every porthole and festooned with lights , as they moved relentlessly through the dark Atlantic waters like brilliant spaceships intent on terrestrial encounters . |
| 12 | We had crowd-flow blockages , insufficient refreshment facilities , no VIP entrance , no security check until people were in the main auditorium , and no way to get backstage except by walking right through the main meeting , up the stairs onto the stage and out through the back — with everybody watching ! |
| 13 | Sir Henry de Bohun levelled his lance and charged at the unarmoured king ; but Bruce rose in his stirrups , and with his battleaxe cleft right through the English knight 's helmet and skull . |
| 14 | The car , already slowed to a crawl , stopped halfway through the open gates . |
| 15 | Tim Reagan , a gaunt forty-year-old , who was a genius with trade unions as well as being an accountant and Peter Yeo 's right hand , moved swiftly through the secretarial problem , which was one of shortage of same , and seemed , as Peter Yeo observed pleasantly , to have been exactly the same difficulty any time in the last two years , to a discussion of building security , in which no one was much interested either . |
| 16 | Children were splashing in the beck , their cries echoing from the cove face , a courting couple were doing what courting couples have done since time immemorial , oblivious to the world and its wife passing by , and old ladies on a coach trip from Bradford were walking gently through the sunny afternoon , all grey hair , handbags and giggles . |
| 17 | Indeed , I wondered whether it was possible for someone who had not shared in their experience to pass physically through the white gateposts into the avenue , and attain the domain . |
| 18 | Here , with no one to meet them , he had to be carried ashore through the icy sea by the captain , more dead from seasickness than alive , to make his wretched way to Glamis , Dundee and — 100 miles [ 160 km ] to the south of Peterhead — Perth , still held by Mar 's troops . |
| 19 | A small , glowing disc swam calmly through the clear morning air trailing sparks . |
| 20 | Lightning forked overhead , illuminating the camp like day , and thunder crashed deafeningly through the deep darkness that followed . |
| 21 | We had a final drink with Nils while he checked the list of his requirements for the prop-shaft alterations , then we went out into the night , walking quickly through the bitter blustering of the wind back to our billet . |
| 22 | Fresh blood immediately began to trickle down his leg , but he was relieved when his examination revealed that the bullet had drilled cleanly through the big muscle of his inner thigh . |
| 23 | When the light and warmth of the fire had given way to smoke , they put on their shoes and wandered homeward through the silent village and the frosty starlit night . |
| 24 | Leg-spinner Kumble ended the day with five wickets , returning midway through the final session to halt Ian Salisbury 's dogged resistance in support of the inspired Lewis . |
| 25 | The fragments were excreted spontaneously through the ductus choledochus and the cholecystitis was cured by antibiotic treatment . |
| 26 | On the journey back into town Merrill deliberately froze out all thoughts of the past hour and its momentous revelation , concentrating instead on driving meticulously through the heavy rain . |
| 27 | Ten miles out , while pedalling uphill through the dripping gloom of a forest , I prayed for some vital piece of bike to snap off and put an end to my misery . |
| 28 | The action was highly controversial , occurring mid-way through the second phase of Middle East peace talks in Washington [ see p. 38693 ] . |
| 29 | Bees hummed steadily through the yellow bird 's foot trefoil that wove itself in a tangled carpet over the sand . |
| 30 | Laing wandered aimlessly through the narrow streets and hidden courtyards that hide between the roaring traffic of the City of London , the capital 's most ancient square mile and centre of the country 's commercial and banking world . |