Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] through the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water was rising all the time , and we had to seal him inside a waterproof bag and drag him through the sump . ’ |
| 2 | He smiled again , fleetingly , and her pulse gave another blip as he took her arm and led her through the entrance . |
| 3 | They collected their horses from the stables and led them through the cold , bustling streets . |
| 4 | He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house . |
| 5 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |
| 6 | I talked to Assemblyman Barry Keene , who , as Chairman of the California State Assembly Health Committee , wrote the bill and piloted it through the Legislature , and asked him first whether he felt that before the Act there was a grey area of uncertainty surrounding these problems . |
| 7 | Gritted our teeth and made it through the weekend . |
| 8 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 9 | But let's face it , the sleeping bag that did you proud on those hot summer nights in Italy , and got you through the night on the floor after the party , is n't exactly going to be your best friend when the temperature drops below freezing . |
| 10 | Benjamin portrays the Brechtian drama as taking a traditional ‘ apparatus ’ ( theatre ) and transforming it through the use of techniques derived from the modern media : montage , interruption , critical quoting of everyday social ‘ gesture ’ . |
| 11 | Balberith ripped the remains of the fruit and salad bar from its mountings and flung it through the roof . |
| 12 | He reversed his grip on the blade and drove it through the daemon 's chest . |
| 13 | He loosened the gyves , dragged Corbett to his feet and bundled him through the door , along the passage and up the steps into the pure , dear air . |
| 14 | Europe had rapidly adopted the institutions of developed capitalism , and spread them through the world . |
| 15 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
| 16 | The Bakers had to take all our clothes and put them through the tumble drier ! |
| 17 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 18 | ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’ |
| 19 | Bored as he waits for the liquid to boil , eyed admiringly by his pint-sized partner , he plays with wooden spills , dipping them into the solution and passing them through the flame beneath . |
| 20 | Your reward , as carer , is knowing that you have done your best to make the patient comfortable and happy , and to help him through the recovery process from his illness , however long it takes . |
| 21 | He extracted the licence and handed it through the window . |
| 22 | Ian Taylor speculates that tree clumps may act as a respiratory system , drawing up earth energies and releasing them through the clump 's composite aura , as well as performing the same function with subtle celestial stimuli . |
| 23 | Wrap it up and drop it through the letter box . |
| 24 | Marc Boyle was brought in to help me and , when everything was ready , he and I stood Michael on a wooden tray , lifted it up and threw him through the roof . ’ |
| 25 | Then , she picked up a half-brick and threw it through the drugstore window . |
| 26 | She was particularly fun in the choppier water when we could steer her accurately onto the face of the wave of our choice and drive her through the trough at full tilt . |
| 27 | He lowered himself and kissed her through the weave . |
| 28 | The barbed needles pick up tiny threads and pump them through the fabric , bringing back more threads from the base fabric and welding them to the appliqué . |
| 29 | He pulled Rosheen and Klift to their feet and shoved them through the door . |
| 30 | Bernice grabbed it and shoved it through the dispensing slot . |