Example sentences of "[vb past] through [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1911 Shinwell , after varied experience in a number of industries , became through the good offices of the highly influential Glasgow Trades Council , of which he was vice-chairman , a voluntary official of Wilson 's union , though he had no personal knowledge of seagoing or of the sea . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 3 | The Liberal Party , no longer a serious political challenger by the late 1920s , meandered through the inter-war years in a state of deep division and shock . |
| 4 | Nathan peered through the thick flakes at the wagon that serviced the plane at every stop . |
| 5 | One night , bumping into the doorway , and stepping over a colleague , I made my way out into the sleet , the toilets all being occupied , and as I crouched , steadying my cheek against the cold planks , I peered through the reeking shadows of Auschwitz and saw that the nearest ruins were fuming more than ever and had even begun to glow . |
| 6 | It was only the light from their own carriage lamps falling on the neglected driveway that told her they were approaching the house , and the salt smell that got stronger and stronger and seeped through the closed windows of the carriage . |
| 7 | Beyond them , a brown light seeped through the columned groves of palm trees . |
| 8 | We dropped the others off , and now the big shops would be left behind as we waded through the gloomy streets of Fulham . |
| 9 | At the speed of thought Chesarynth fled through the towering ranks of symbols that obstructed her now with their colour-coded lattices , their confusion of cold money scents . |
| 10 | The vapour of his breath feathered in a trail behind him as he moved through the cold bushes towards the stream . |
| 11 | The sun set and a swollen orange moon rose through the tousled heads of palm trees . |
| 12 | In Sri Lanka a few years back , shortly before the elections , he wandered through the frightened crowds at political rallies , despite warnings that danger was imminent . |
| 13 | Those pants of his were around his knees when he slammed through the double doors of the brownstone , and around his ankles as he stumbled at speed up the first flight of stairs . |
| 14 | Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth . |
| 15 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 16 | Mr Singh and i drove through the wide streets of New Delhi , empty now but for a few pilgrims washing under the public pumps near the shrine of Nizamuddin . |
| 17 | He drove through the poorest streets of Paris , and some of the richest ones , and at length , shortly before midnight stopped the car in a wide and gracious street of tall and beautiful houses . |
| 18 | They drove through the dreadful remains of a recent battle , the desert littered with burned-out vehicles and smashed equipment . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know it was such a big place , ’ she said as they drove through the gaslit streets from the station in a hired carriage . |
| 20 | Gods and goddesses sailed through the celestial oceans of stars scattered across her tunic . |
| 21 | The two boys , shrieking excitedly , chased it around the terrace , panicking it further , and to escape them it darted through the open doors into the palais . |
| 22 | His position had torn Danjit 's knife-cut again and blood spiralled through the labyrinthine folds of his collar . |
| 23 | Ruth asked as they strolled through the formal gardens towards a flight of stone steps that led up to a forest of dense green pine trees offering shade and coolness . |
| 24 | Lloyd 's has already paid £620 million in the wake of Hurricane Andrew , which ripped through the southern states of the U.S. last August . |
| 25 | From there they moved on into the Cambrian mountains ; and for three days they toiled through the worst storms of the year . |
| 26 | When projected , the miniature red , blue and green checks shone through the corresponding densities of image forming dark and light tone in the mono transparency , and the eye naturally resolved and mixed the colours to form an image closely resembling nature . |
| 27 | When projected , the minute red , blue and green checks shone through the corresponding densities of image forming dark and light tone in the mono transparency , and the eye naturally resolved and mixed the colours to form an image closely resembling nature . |
| 28 | Wind rattled and swayed the trees and filled my ears with the old songs of the land , and the sun shone through the moving boughs in shimmering ever-changing patterns . |
| 29 | The question crossed Sabrina Carver 's mind as she stood with her left hand looped through the handle hanging from the rail above her in the aisle of the packed subway train as it hurtled through the cavernous tunnels beneath New York . |
| 30 | Muttering and talking to himself , the old , massive , motley-haired man shuffled through the darkening levels of the castle , wrapped in his furs and hopes and fears . |