Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here again the old north to south and east to west through-roads were diverted to pass through the new market place , so producing the dangerous corners which still exist in the town today . |
| 2 | The ballroom was now immaculate , its inlaid decorative wood floor gleaming , all the facets of the chandeliers sparkling in the sun that was permitted to stream through the clear glass of the French windows . |
| 3 | He is free to sample the delights of the city but is forbidden to pass through the third gate of ruby and gold into the Inner Seas . |
| 4 | The sea is widely expected to break through the narrowest point of the peninsula any year now . |
| 5 | The late Frank Howes showed an understanding of the problems racing a choreographer when he wrote : ‘ Every dance has its own rhythm , just as every dancer has an inborn sense of measuring time because each movement must be felt to flow through the whole body as well as the space in which it moves . |
| 6 | In accordance with the promptings of his noble nature , he envisioned that streams of water should be made to flow through the proposed fort and that its terraces should overlook the river . |
| 7 | It is accepted by functionalists that if any computers , or indeed any artifacts or entities whatever , can be said to pass through the requisite states or processes , they must therefore be conscious . |
| 8 | An attending female has been seen to bite through the umbilical cord of a captive dusky dolphin during the birth of her young , but usually the mother does this herself . |
| 9 | Though much resented by MPs who had had to go through the tiresome business of getting people to vote for them , he proved a determined and effective minister , until he decided he 'd had enough of the political rough-and-tumble which went with the job . |
| 10 | Of course I 'm sorry , for some strange reason I thought we were going that way , I 've got to go through the other way have n't I ? |
| 11 | So whatever 's in there ca n't get out up there it 's got to go through another pipe it 's got to go through the other pipe . |
| 12 | It was , you opened it and come out and shut , shut the door and you 'd lose the penny then they 'd got to go through the same operation with another penny , you know what I mean . |
| 13 | I suppose now we 've either got to cut through the next side street we come to and try to get to the main road , or turn round and find the canteen and start again . ’ |
| 14 | The tiny district council planning department offices were swamped ; extra staff had to be employed to sort through the daily flood of protest post . |
| 15 | Whether local government would be allowed to go through the same process is difficult to say . |
| 16 | Billie had started to look through the English-speaking magazines on the rack . |
| 17 | But it was not the kind of station that has taxis waiting outside it , and the two ladies were forced to walk through the crowded streets , now full of people doing their weekend shopping . |
| 18 | An attacking enemy could be allowed to break through the outer gates and would find that he was surrounded by walls and towers which were every bit as impregnable as those outside . |
| 19 | The statistics of healthy and intelligent childhood were stretched out along the curve of achievement , and only some were allowed to travel through the narrow gate at eleven , towards the golden city . |
| 20 | Because of my lack of work , I had planned to get through the final exam by doing problems in theoretical physics and avoiding questions that required factual knowledge . |
| 21 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 22 | Others have failed to get through the treacherous terrain and past the warring factions . |
| 23 | After four days of unrelenting attack , including aerial bombardment of civilian targets , the Nationalists had managed to break through the Basque lines but were unable to push on as they had planned . |