Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] through [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log . |
| 2 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
| 3 | I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see . |
| 4 | I saw her through an open doorway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She read it through the following morning and decided not to send it , but a small niggle of grievance stayed in her mind . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She watched him through the open door , saw him click on the gallery light — tall , virile , handsome , strong … |
| 9 | Nick can you take us through the six on the left see if you know them already . |
| 10 | She took them through the square hall into a sitting-room and offered them sherry . |
| 11 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 12 | She watches me through a black veil that hangs from a black hat . |
| 13 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 14 | She quickened her pace , almost bringing about the catastrophe she feared , as she hurried him through a doorless opening into the outhouse beyond . |
| 15 | The carpet sucked the soles of our shoes as we followed him through a drunken , grasping audience towards a small dressing room to the left of the stage , upon which Tanya was enjoying bananas for dessert . |
| 16 | The ‘ theatre ’ ran parallel to the ward and we reached it through a short , glass-enclosed passageway . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They project it through a special lens . |
| 19 | They followed him through a narrow passageway into the old town . |
| 20 | Why ca n't they take it through the back door and up the stair ? |
| 21 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase . |
| 25 | He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 30 | " 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 . |