Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Right-ho ! ’ and he slowly squelched his way through the gate and out of sight . |
| 2 | When they were n't , we rafting rookies would leave the boats and watch the guides skilfully manoeuvre their way through the thundering foam . |
| 3 | These burrowing earthworms literally eat their way through the soil forming deep , vertical , permanent burrows with smooth walls cemented together with mucus secretions . |
| 4 | The Corporal stood and glared at me as I very swiftly made my exit through the door , pausing briefly to pick up my rucksack and bagpipe box . |
| 5 | He 'd schooled himself to ruthlessness , single-mindedly forcing his way through the jungle , hacking at anything in his path . |
| 6 | If you fancy a longer walk it is easy enough to extend your trip through the forest — a circuit of the forest is just under nine miles and will take you around four or five hours . |
| 7 | Adalard the seneschal is first documented in 831 , and apparently kept his post through the 830s . |
| 8 | Although he spends most of his waking hours exchanging information with fellow otaku , Zero only knows his tribe through the computer bulletin board . |
| 9 | She blinked and swallowed but before she had time to say more Danny suddenly pushed his way through the crowd , dragging Jimmy behind him . |
| 10 | Sandy was already picking her way through the garden towards the front of the house . |
| 11 | Why did he feel as though he had just run his sword through the heart of something small and desperately struggling for survival ? |
| 12 | ‘ I have never given the Olympic Games a thought I am just plodding my way through the season , racing here and there , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He seems eager to talk right up until we finally bid him goodbye through the moving car window . |
| 14 | As well as those prisoners given an amnesty , the Catholic Institute for International Relations estimates that at least 260 ex-Somocistas have already worked their way through the five stages of imprisonment and , although given long sentences , have now been released on the basis of their behaviour . |
| 15 | He describes his own ( very Darwinian ! ) experiment in which he allowed the stolons of Saxifraga sarmentosa ( a classic ‘ guerrilla ’ growth form ) to encounter an artificial vegetation that he had constructed : ‘ Many long pins were next driven rather close together into the sand , so as to form a crowd in front of … two thin lateral branches ; but these easily wound their way through the crowd . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate . |
| 17 | The voice recordings were shipped to London where MI6 had to set up a totally new department of 250 specially recruited Russian-speaking experts to slowly work their way through the material . |
| 18 | Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund . |
| 19 | ‘ He picked up the burning bomb , which promptly blazed its way through the handle , so the only way to put it out was by throwing on his great coat . |
| 20 | In these parts of the world , the genuine passenger still picks his way through the station encampment , with a sense almost of intruding upon the privacy of a village community . |
| 21 | When a rat became a competent maze-runner , Lashley removed part of its cerebral cortex and checked to see whether the animal could still find its way through the maze . |
| 22 | Six years and the legal system is still working its way through the small print . |
| 23 | Asmodeus , the Devil 's banker ’ — William was still working his way through the forces of Good and Evil — ‘ who was also the Maker of Bad Marriages … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ As far as I know , he 's still working his way through the list of cabin calls , then he was due to do a routine hygiene inspection . |
| 25 | Many genotoxic cancer treatments may also exert their effect through the enhanced induction of apoptosis . |
| 26 | By the mid-1970s the ‘ bulge ’ had nearly worked its way through the system , and this , together with disillusion with innovation in education , brought to an end the role of the education service as an expenditure growth-leader among the public services . |
| 27 | Similar cases concerning abortion law changes recenly enacted by several states , notably Pennsylvania , Louisiana , and Utah , were also working their way through the courts , but supporters and opponents of abortion deemed this case to be the most significant because the Guam law was the most explicit defiance of the Roe decision . |
| 28 | Tomorrow is Day 7 , and you need to make a concerted effort to ensure that the results at the beginning of Day 8 really demonstrate your progress through the week . |
| 29 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 30 | Significant trends are now working their way through the specific conditions prevailing in different cities and regions in Britain ( Goddard and Champion , 1983 ) . |