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

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1 Rope and spars came mostly from the Baltic states and the convoys got through with difficulty .
2 Young nobles from the court , their horses ' harness shining in the sunlight , rode through with hawks , falcons and peregrines perched on their wrists , cruel faces hidden by small leather hoods , jesses tinkling like the bells of a tiny church .
3 As a mixer with gin , Schweppes came through with honours — its tonic is the only one on the market which is sweetened with sugar , whether it be diet or regular .
4 After a gap , Gustavsson came through with Michael Wells and Blanc .
5 The spacious bedrooms , set around huge floor lobbies , are of an imperial style , warmed by rich fabric wallcoverings and dotted through with Murano glass fittings .
6 Now certainly when I did it , I wrote some notes which I then talked through with Alan , Kevin wrote some notes which he then talked through with me .
7 A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war .
8 And she was very worried and kept on crying down the phone , and saying now I know what you went through with Gerry I said , oh come , you know
9 The Hurricanes had to be shorn of their wings to get through the tunnel but the Fulmars went through with wings folded .
10 I still have n't forgotten the misery I went through with O'Hara .
11 On top of the pile were the pictures of Victoria and her children , which he leafed through with satisfaction .
12 Gathering up the relicts is a hard business at the best of times , and Jackie had to know how the task , carried through with Helen 's usual bravery , would have affected her .
13 His piety was conventional , shot through with assumptions of lordship and patronage , and was never allowed to interfere with political necessity and daily government .
14 She picked one , and held it to her face , and in the lights which shone from the long windows of the house , Edouard saw that the colour of the flower , that rich deep red shot through with gold , was the colour of her hair .
15 This is in another class altogether : literate , thoughtful , at times profound , and shot through with wit .
16 After a shadowy introduction , the opening allegro is sharp and vehement , the slow movement shot through with unease , and the Scherzo faintly menacing in its nocturnal rustlings .
17 On one side of the fireplace a grey-haired woman was absorbed in some needlework whilst on the other side , with her back to us , a young girl crouched over a book , loudly reciting a French poem in a voice shot through with gaiety and laughter .
18 The sultan and his court wore locally woven sarongs and turbans shot through with threads of real gold and silver .
19 Beyond the gravel beach where the trucks drew up , the bank was a mass of reeds and elephant grass , their ripe heads shot through with light .
20 Hair has been set and gently combed through with fingers .
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