Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can occur much earlier , but the peak danger period for the disease generally begins from the early part of July , and may persist right through the growing season until the big temperature drops of late autumn upset it . |
| 2 | Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is . |
| 3 | The two are clearly allied , however , since we can perceive directly through the mental faculty of sight — subtle sight , one could say — as well as via input through the physical eyes . |
| 4 | Without waiting for an answer , she piled into the back — ‘ Are n't there any seat-belts for the twins ? ’ — and Carol , determined to believe I did not exist , joined her , after loading something which I did n't see in through the rear doors . |
| 5 | He pulled up and we could look down through the grey cloud-mist to the centre of the village where an old stone bridge and several houses were crumbling into the river . |
| 6 | He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street . |
| 7 | There is a choice , but if you need a clue look back through the five editions of Environmental Issues ! |
| 8 | The island wind would blow freshly through the wooden casements of his bedroom there , and a columned verandah as in a Roman country villa would keep out the heat of the sun at its zenith from the interior . |
| 9 | It is known that volatile organic compounds dissolved in groundwater will release molecules into the vapour phase at the water-table , and these can then migrate upwards through the unsaturated zone . |
| 10 | At one end there are double doors , so that you can go in through the outer door and shut it before opening the inner door — which means there 's less chance of a bird escaping . |
| 11 | At the Conservative Party conference in October 1988 Mrs Thatcher stated : ‘ We have n't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels ’ . |
| 12 | Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park … |
| 13 | It is quite normal for the male to have to stay outside and drive his milt in with beats of his tail , because he can not get in through the reduced entrance . |
| 14 | Well unfortunately if , if I did have a delivery of coal it would come in through the other entrance . |
| 15 | ‘ Make foreign things work for China ’ , ran one slogan but it recognised that ‘ flies and pests ’ would come in through the open door as well as fresh air to revitalise the stuffy atmosphere in China . |
| 16 | ‘ Did you see him come in through the back door ? ’ |
| 17 | Without due consideration of both RECHAR and ERDF regulations for the 1993–94 financial year , the Council may lose out through the competitive grant application procedure . |
| 18 | He thought of telling her that he was a friend but friends did n't dive in through the front door ; they did n't have blood on their wrists nor cuts all over their faces ; they did n't have a rope burn round their necks and they wore shirts , at least until they were properly introduced . |
| 19 | This has been pointed out by Lind ( 1983 : 271 ) , who adduces the following examples to show that there is " no correlation between active participation and omission of to " : ( 23 ) … he said briefly , helping me climb in through the rear window . |
| 20 | That day the bones of the brother of my mother who went to the bottom of the sea will rise up through the green waters , and when they meet the air they will take on his flesh again , and he will swim far up into the endless air and he will meet the old man , free of his dust walking in the air , and my mother flying , and me flying , and I will be laughing . |
| 21 | There was now a captive market for British films , and that market would expand steadily through the ten years the act was set to remain on the statute book . |