Example sentences of "through [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His CV reads like the script for a journalist 's dream sequence — frustrated writer trains with provincial newspaper before landing a job in the brewing industry and breaking through as an author . |
| 2 | Well , as a matter of fact , numerous species of bats do produce cries that sweep down , usually through about an octave , during each cry . |
| 3 | They were kept waiting for just a couple of minutes — ‘ While Mr Magill completes a call ’ in a cool-warm windowless reception area soundproofed so that even the loudest complaint about a bill would come out as a hushed croak then ushered through into an office that was almost straight from Charles Dickens . |
| 4 | I leapt out of the car into a phone box , and rang through with an apology . |
| 5 | 6 She follows through with an elbow strike . |
| 6 | Once you have got a favourable response , you follow through with an invitation to a social event . |
| 7 | Can you trust your skill as a handyman to see you through in an emergency ? |
| 8 | So this person thought he was terribly towards the electricity board , and I needed to get through in an emergency , and you ca n't . |
| 9 | The groups vary in size , of course , from large cultural areas such as white , middle-class Christian culture , or Indian Hindu culture , to smaller groups such as a tribe , or a gang , or a sub-culture within a larger social arrangement , through to an individual in a family or other small group . |
| 10 | With over 10 years of experience we are able to provide a complete service from initial site survey through to an expert installation . |
| 11 | Officers in the field did on occasion have to struggle to get through to an official 's home number . |
| 12 | Opening the security door , he led the boy through to an interview room . |
| 13 | They were unwittingly put through to an SAE in the dealing room next door . |
| 14 | If the air-flow at a valve is downwards , it will open to admit it ; if upwards , it will close to entrap it and if it is horizontal from any direction the flap will tilt to allow it through at an angle , gaining aerofoil-type lift from it . |
| 15 | A window at one end gave onto a coal hole ; a little daylight filtered through at an angle from an iron grating in the pavement above . |
| 16 | In her statement to MPs , Mrs Bottomley said the reforms would be carried through by an implementation group , and a London initiative zone would make sure the reforms cover the most deprived areas of the city . |