Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adv prt] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stranger was led back through the empty trains to the car shed pits where he could gain access to the street . |
| 2 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |
| 3 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 4 | A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows . |
| 5 | A little grey light was coming in through the window . |
| 6 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 7 | The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the place up . |
| 8 | When she woke , it was late and the sun was coming in through the greasy , grey window . |
| 9 | When Caroline awakened , the sun was streaming in through the windows . |
| 10 | The two restored to Christian commitment and active church membership were brought back through the testimony of their teenage son and daughter . |
| 11 | Inspired by Professor Isaacs , the group was set up through the University of Birmingham , within the Department of Geriatric Medicine . |
| 12 | Sticky pools and channels of drink were seeping out through the gaps in the floorboards on to the sand beneath the kiosk . |
| 13 | A rain waterpipe burst and water was coming in through the kitchen ceiling . |
| 14 | When the autumn gales blew you could see the smoke being sucked out through the wall like water out of a leaky bucket . |
| 15 | Blue smoke was billowing up through the snowflakes . |
| 16 | Soon the chain was singing out through the foliage , cutting empty avenues through the greenery . |
| 17 | Yes , and then that approach was taken on through the Greater York study , and in the greenbelt local plan , and the Greater York study identified a number of sites . |
| 18 | The Congress announced after 10 days of debate that " while emphasizing its adherence to Libyan penal and procedural laws the General People 's Committee [ equivalent to a Council of Ministers ] do not object to the investigation and trial being carried out through the committee of seven constituted by the Arab League [ see p. 38883 ] or through the United Nations before a just and fair court to be agreed on " . |
| 19 | As the first grey slivers of dawn were filtering down through the trees , Roger Forester climbed stiffly from his hire car and stood on the track beside it , stretching his sore limbs and trying to beat some warmth into himself . |
| 20 | The most formal level of communication in science is carried out through the medium of the scientific journal . |
| 21 | Warm autumn sunshine was streaming in through the kitchen window , and it was very quiet and tranquil . |
| 22 | For over 250 years after Sekigahara the title of shogun was handed down through the males of the Tokugawa family . |
| 23 | This resolution was taken up through the United Nations , and the declaration of 1968 as the ‘ International Year of Human Rights ’ provided the impetus to take up the question of human rights in armed conflicts . |
| 24 | All protection is carried out through the power of the ‘ thoughts ’ of individuals , and not through the physical bellicosity of men in groups . |
| 25 | A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes . |
| 26 | Before that time , knowledge and wisdom were passed on through the spoken word , as they still are in much of the world . |
| 27 | The presentation is crisp and the topics broken down into easily comprehensible parts : every page tells a story and does it in such a delightful way that the reader is led on through the book . |