Example sentences of "could [verb] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of adequate preparation can not be overemphasized in view of the substantial delays and costs that could arise through error . |
| 2 | Claudia put her hands to her burning face and wished she could fall through the floor . |
| 3 | Cut glass and you could fall through window . |
| 4 | Ember would n't even tell her what from , but she could sense through the flux of data that came from her paling blue awareness that the others had something planned for her , something that she did n't want . |
| 5 | Sylvia , he felt , he could sense through the creaking , sleeping inn , was available , perhaps even awake . |
| 6 | Before the dropping of the atomic bombs , the Americans had feared that the Russians would not honour their pledge to join the war against the Japanese , and it is believed that the Allied forces were held back in Europe , so that the Russian troops could advance through the eastern part of Europe into Czechoslovakia . |
| 7 | Apparently no known tank force could break through a six-lane snarl-up , so the authorities have to be able to whistle up a traffic jam within minutes . |
| 8 | Not even the best lots could break through the five-figure barriers , as UK buyers become more selective about the cattle they buy . |
| 9 | But would you and your fellows spontaneously so react if you could break through traditional assumptions to a fuller awareness of the recurring situation ? |
| 10 | The situation had altered dramatically , but Nivelle remained confident that he could break through German lines with little loss of life . |
| 11 | His voice was guarded , but through it all she could hear the yearning and she wished she could break through the barriers he 'd erected against her ; she dearly wanted him to reveal his true self . |
| 12 | So this wealth of information — all of it updated much more regularly than you could expect through normal information channels — is greatly under-used . |
| 13 | The trust said the prices would generally amount to about two-thirds of their market value and those who could not afford to buy them could rent through a housing association . |
| 14 | When he crouched in the gap between the attic door and the first curve of the banister , he could look through the rails and see right along the ground-floor corridor to the kitchen . |
| 15 | However , in the twelfth century corner , I found a place where I could look through four archways at once , a soothing occupation . |
| 16 | ‘ We could run through it once more . ’ |
| 17 | And I could run through the wood . ’ |
| 18 | The steel tape had to be cut with wire-cutters , then soldered , and then it had to be ‘ tempered ’ before it could run through the machine — which it did with a loud clang ! |
| 19 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 20 | Hounds could run through the place tomorrow … " it was Dada 's voice , and it sounded desperate . |
| 21 | Erm I 'll be happy to distribute copies but perhaps I could run through that draft quickly now erm and go through what I would say are the advantages . |
| 22 | I looked at my watch , the time was just after 11 p.m. and I could see through the doorway the rain was still driving hard . |
| 23 | In the middle of the long teak dining table lay Lilian Hatton 's wedding hat , an elaborate confection of satin leaves and tulle as green and fresh as the real leaves he could see through the picture window in the Kingsbrook meadows . |
| 24 | All you could see through the gap was a strip of wall and half a fridge . |
| 25 | The windows were fairly clean — well , you could see through them — the layer of dust on the woodwork was thinner than usual and the compartment was reasonably warm . |
| 26 | They were not very young , and from the back-slapping and laughter I could see through the glass rear doors in fine form . |
| 27 | Eyeless men could see through psychic eyes . |
| 28 | I could see through ( men 's ) eyes but I could feel with her body . |
| 29 | The window in the bedroom was very small and all he could see through it were the roof-tops lit , as the previous night , by a full moon . |
| 30 | Ruth noticed , with a tightening of the throat , that she could see through the glass rubble . |