Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] they [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of nail sickness , the heavy Westmorland slates were regularly coming loose and crashing down with such force that they sliced through the lead gutters below . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , master , ’ she muttered , glaring at his bronzed legs as they disappeared through the hatch . |
| 3 | From the response of these waves as they travel through the Earth it is possible to build up a general picture of the properties of its interior . |
| 4 | He held onto his back as they leapt from shelf to shelf and soon he no longer had to shut his eyes as they flew through the air . |
| 5 | Before long , their confidence changed to an icy fear as they discerned through the enveloping fog the shape of a railway engine lit up by an eerie glowing aura . |
| 6 | He stayed on the wrong side of the road , followed the tracks recently made by the police cars as they drove through the snow . |
| 7 | These issues will be explored by following a sample of pupils in three schools as they move through the final four years of compulsory education . |
| 8 | They can track shoplifters as they walk through the city . |
| 9 | Well trams Dave they do both , they go on the railway lines and they go through the town centre . |
| 10 | However , a minority of features may be the result of waves which influence cloud formation as they move through the atmosphere . |
| 11 | Joyriders ripped them off and threw them from the window as they sped through the Blackbird Leys estate to the Oxford Speedway Stadium . |
| 12 | ‘ Very well played , Piper , ’ remarked Mills Roberts as he and his Officers left the saluting base and made their way across the village green in the direction of Brigade H.Q I remained at attention until they disappeared through the gates of the big house . |
| 13 | I tried several places before they tumbled through the ballroom doors . |
| 14 | These are given away to house buyers when they or prospective house buyers when they walk through the door . |
| 15 | It was in those far-off days as they strolled through the parks and boulevards of the great cities of the West , that people first began to speak of the death of images . |
| 16 | One of the delights of owning a pond is to watch the fish as they move through the water . |
| 17 | Around her Tailis heard the strike of wood on wood ; a scream ; yells ; the frantic barking of the dogs as they ran through the confusion of hooves and legs . |
| 18 | Nick clung to Carrie 's sleeve as they went through the door into a long , dark room with pointed windows . |
| 19 | Some of them were politer than others , but they tended to ask the same questions as they trampled through the house . |
| 20 | It is difficult even to name them , for I sense that they are urges and longings that spring up from the deep , like streams of water gathering in the darkness below ground before they emerge through the rock into the light of day . |
| 21 | Process control consists of checking items as they progress through the production process , comparing them with the relevant standards , and taking any immediate corrective action to prevent further faults . |
| 22 | It consists of checking items as they progress through the process , comparing them with relevant standards and taking corrective action , where required . |
| 23 | A cloud chamber is good for detecting low energy , electrically charged particles as they leave behind a trail of liquid drops as they pass through the mist in the chamber . |
| 24 | Now we know that gale-force winds in the Channel can topple sightscreens , we must put them upwind of the pavilion this winter , and build a new pavilion out of the insurance claim when they crash through the roof . |
| 25 | Firemen found the charred remains of the two sisters as they sifted through the debris . |
| 26 | As a result , the mobility of the charges as they travel through the transistor is twice as good as any similar , submicron p-channel mosfet transistor yet built . |
| 27 | Cobalt was speaking to Maurin as they came through the garden together . |
| 28 | A more subtle qualitative measurement would have to discover , therefore , whether , in terms of the economics of everyday life , ordinary working-class families in 1914- 18 gained more in higher wages , economic freedom and consequent self-perceived dignity than they lost through the contraction of the school meals service . |
| 29 | A helicopter , the authority said , would not only help the speedy identification of vessels which fail to respond to radio requests for information as they pass through the Pentland Firth , but would also carry out oil pollution surveillance flights . |
| 30 | " I do n't think , " she said to Enid as they walked through the tall wrought-iron gates , " I do n't think I shall be coming to Kew ever again . " |