Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [vb past] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Large anti-war demonstrations followed the outbreak of the land war on Feb. 24 , when a total of 50,000 protesters marched through the streets in Madrid and Barcelona demanding an immediate ceasefire . |
2 | The idea was that the police would wait until they had incontrovertible evidence before moving in for the arrest , but Branson and Draper had barely sat down with the Clarkes before some forty policemen swarmed through the door , knocking over tables and chairs and arresting the two brothers . |
3 | On Aug. 26 , responding to a call by the Solidarity trade union , an estimated 5,000 of Ursus 's 7,600 employees marched through the capital to demonstrate outside the Cabinet offices , demanding salary increases and a rescue plan for the company . |
4 | On Aug. 26 , responding to a call by the Solidarity trade union , an estimated 5,000 of Ursus 's 7,600 employees marched through the capital to demonstrate outside the Cabinet offices , demanding salary increases and a rescue plan for the company . |
5 | Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the centre of the Croatian coastal city of Split on the evening of April 8 , smashing the windows of buildings belonging to the JNA , and of Serb-run shops and offices . |
6 | More than 2,700 children went through the paediatrics department at Middlesbrough General in the five months she was there . |
7 | The four intruders drifted through the hold . |
8 | Two men walked through the downpour , their heads pulled into their coat collars . |
9 | One day two humans came through the trees . |
10 | One day seven ponies went through the ice into the sea , and died . |