Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] through the " in BNC.

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1 We were shouting at them through the hatch .
2 And then , on the verge of sleep , she was crashing with him through the bushes of that dreadful wood , feeling the briars scratching her legs , the low twigs whipping against her cheeks , staring with him as the pool of light from the torch shone down on that grotesque and mutilated face .
3 Although the survey vessel was now travelling at a speed faster than light , its occupants experienced no sense of progress other than that which was fed to them through the navigational telemetry .
4 The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop .
5 The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop .
6 Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit .
7 Whatever was creeping towards them through the half-open door would have them completely at its mercy .
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