Example sentences of "through [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the latter is put through as a reduction in sales or a rebate should be discussed in terms of the effects of these alternatives on the usefulness of the profit and loss account as a guide to the future . |
| 2 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
| 3 | During the construction of the Blisworth to Peterborough branch line of the old London & Birmingham Railway in 1845 , the engineer and surveyor of the route , one Robert Stephenson , being faced with a hilly terrain near to the villages of Yarwell and Wansford decided to tunnel through as a cutting was not practicable at that time . |
| 4 | He promised to adopt the same approach to councillorship ‘ which has seen me through as a councillor for 20 years with 11 of these as county councillor . ’ |
| 5 | Q. Do you see any benefits coming through as a result of actions already taken ? |
| 6 | Governments would have to give way more often to the opinions of back-benchers , and not force every measure through as a matter of confidence . |
| 7 | Even though it was beginning to recede in her memory , Folly still could n't quite see what she had gone through as a joke . |
| 8 | In the three years since he had broken through as a pop star , Kylie has constructed a network of companies to handle her affairs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well , as a matter of fact , numerous species of bats do produce cries that sweep down , usually through about an octave , during each cry . |
| 11 | Buster Musto ran through for a touchdown by the posts . |
| 12 | He watched the cashier ring through for a clearance and had been surprised when it was accepted . |
| 13 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 14 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 15 | Although the rise in oil prices will continue to feed through for a while , the prospect is for a substantial reduction in inflation over the coming year . |
| 16 | The more expressive the language , the more possible states can be described in it ; and hence , the larger will be the space of states that a solver may have to search through for a goal . |
| 17 | But Dzagnidze then followed his own kick for a try in the corner , and Mironov swept through for a try that Dzagnidze converted . |
| 18 | John Hawker powered through for a try . |
| 19 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 20 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 21 | The stages that people go through during a transition are well charted ( see figure ) . |
| 22 | I do know of at least one shop owner who has been bitten , and of dozens of nets that have been chewed through during a fish transfer . |
| 23 | And it does start to sink through after a while . |
| 24 | Too loose and your foot and ankle could slide all the way through after a fall , possible resulting in a broken leg . |
| 25 | This meal was a haphazard trawl of the village store 's shelves , an unappealing source of supply at the best of times ; Pete realised with a sinking feeling that he 'd no choice other than to put his head down and plough on through like a pig at the trough . |
| 26 | Then he eased himself through like a desperado entering a bar and ambled across the office , cracking quips like walnuts . |
| 27 | But yesterday Ken and Diana Over 's dignity and pride at how much Elizabeth had achieved in life shone through like a beacon . |
| 28 | The Dutch , like England at Wembley last month , struggled at times to break through against a side reduced to ten men for the last half-hour after William Guerra was sent off . |
| 29 | I did knock at the door , then , when there was no response , took a couple of steps through into a passage floored with stone slabs and containing nothing but some buckets of coal and a rack of ancient clothes , gardening clobber by the look of it . |
| 30 | I pulled up in a gateway , Sam jumped out and we went through into a field ; and as the beagle scampered over the glittering turf I stood in the warm sunshine amid the melting frost and looked back at the dark damp blanket which blotted out the low country but left this jewelled world above it . |