Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
| 2 | I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see . |
| 3 | I saw them through The Fat Controller 's eyes — they were gauche and dowdy , crammed into suitings so ill-fitting that they looked like bolsters stuffed into pillow cases . |
| 4 | She read it through the following morning and decided not to send it , but a small niggle of grievance stayed in her mind . |
| 5 | She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down . |
| 6 | She watched him through the open door , saw him click on the gallery light — tall , virile , handsome , strong … |
| 7 | She took them through the square hall into a sitting-room and offered them sherry . |
| 8 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 9 | They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay . |
| 10 | Why ca n't they take it through the back door and up the stair ? |
| 11 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
| 12 | They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters . |
| 13 | They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters . |
| 14 | He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine . |
| 15 | ‘ Pringle 's used to have a Directors ' Dining Room , with their own cook , ’ Wilcox explained as he led her through the drab corridors of the administration block , and out across a yard where fresh snow was already covering the footpath that had been cleared . |
| 16 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 17 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 18 | " I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way . |
| 19 | He took them through the cavernous littered kitchen , where an old woman in a grey shawl was mixing something in a basin on the table , and down the dark passage to the studio . |
| 20 | Then he eased himself through the narrow gap feet first , and dropped lightly to the floor . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 22 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 23 | Taking the oddly shaped metal comb from the pocket of his shirt , he ran it through the short oily hair on top of his head . |
| 24 | Her husband might want justice , but he wanted it through the proper channels . |