Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] through the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ah , but I am not a pretty young skivvy , ’ said Dr Neil wickedly , ‘ and dear Mr Sands does not wish to see me walk through the door .
2 Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you .
3 I did n't have any more whiskey as I needed to think , so I made even more tea and settled on the chair again by the fire , lit a cigarette and started to work my way through the file again .
4 Under his benign regime , Thatcherism as a model of social transformation will continue to work its way through the system .
5 This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin .
6 She may start to release her emotions fully during or after the service , or she may go through all the ritual connected with it in a daze , but sooner or later it can be expected that the flood-gates of her grief will open and she will then begin to work her way through the multiplicity of problems that lie ahead of her .
7 Desperation to escape also helped her to find her way through the labyrinth of passageways , up to her room on the second floor .
8 But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees .
9 ‘ That guy seems OK , ’ Nathan said , as he and Ari tried to find their way through the labyrinth of Roirbak 's complex to the canteen .
10 SCOTVEC 's audit criteria , by building on existing good practice in centres , will make it easier for centre personnel to find their way through the maze .
11 Pausing by the window , gazing at the apartment building opposite , she had an urge to punch her fist through the glass .
12 Mansell never got further than 1.6secs ahead of Senna , the gap rising and falling as they began to work their way through the back-markers on lap 15 .
13 There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system .
14 My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation .
15 You must learn to find your way through the menu maze before you can use the program efficiently .
16 It is also possible to monitor their progress through the planning process .
17 8 Each party is " disciplined " and possesses sufficient internal cohesion , so as to ensure that once in office it is able to carry its programme through the House of Commons and into law .
18 That is to feed my body through the hole left by the sidescreen until my head collides with whoever is in the passenger 's seat and then wriggle and squeeze my legs down either side of the steering wheel .
19 when I finally got to the start line at 9.41 am I started to pick my way through the crowd , with difficulty .
20 Ninety per cent of their demand is for ‘ pretty ordinary ’ packages , and his staff know how to pick their way through the brochures .
21 It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop .
22 It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop .
23 bar & bar say their aim is to ’ present the best of the latest styles , keeping a realistic price structure and to lead their customer through the adventure called fashion ’ !
24 Then he started to slog his way through the field and , to the delight of the locals , collared Direct close home .
25 Dmitri , trying and failing to reach his mother through the bedside phone , was also thinking about her a little more charitably .
26 For those committed to independent education from the start , the difficulty , apart from finding the money , is to pick your way through the minefield of professional advice .
27 Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund .
28 The right to use their skills and talents and the right to assert their employability through the use of their own language was possible only in this kind of work environment .
29 A panel of households was recruited , all of which agreed to buy their tea through the research firm for three months .
30 When construction , or rather demolition began , thousands of people had to wend their way through the mud and debris to get from their homes in the south of the city to their work in the north or to the shops and market .
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