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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 …
7 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 .
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