Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [noun sg] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She supposed she ought to feel apprehensive , but she felt only deep delight , and it seemed the most natural thing in the world to be making her way through the moonlight to Raynor . |
| 2 | That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff-top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath-taking panorama of endless blue sea . |
| 3 | As he declaimed we were weaving our way through the late-afternoon shoppers who thronged the centre of the town . |
| 4 | But the crossing from Newcastle turned out to be a mini holiday in itself and very soon we were nosing our way through the islands and reefs which guard the entrance to Bergen 's Hanseatic harbour . |
| 5 | Later , as they were making their way through the bracken , Anna said casually , ‘ Sam told me that you 're leaving your job with Luke . ’ |
| 6 | If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the corridors of the National Health Service today , she would almost certainly be searching for the people in charge . |
| 7 | He is picking his way through the Moscow Record of 27 November 1869 , and there he reads about a murder which had occurred six days earlier . |
| 8 | That is to feed my body through the hole left by the sidescreen until my head collides with whoever is in the passenger 's seat and then wriggle and squeeze my legs down either side of the steering wheel . |
| 9 | For those committed to independent education from the start , the difficulty , apart from finding the money , is to pick your way through the minefield of professional advice . |
| 10 | But wait , someone is shouldering their way through the crowd . |
| 11 | However , at the time of writing , a new Children Bill is making its way through the legislative process , and will , once enacted , form the basic legislation relating to childcare in the 1990s . |
| 12 | Despite Dr Clarke 's global scenario , the low birth-rate in Scotland in the early 1970's is working its way through the system and will lead to significantly fewer potential National Certificate clients in the 16–19 year old age range in the coming years . |
| 13 | Over the last few months I have been working my way through the variation switches . |
| 14 | Cheaper money and a plunge in the cost of living are working their way through the system , but the Government 's finances are still in a mess and I think we could inherit a financial deficit of as much as £50bn in 1993-94 . |
| 15 | These have included meals out ( we are working our way through the international cuisine ) , theatre visits ( in both Leeds and Bradford ) , sporting events ( dry slope skiing last month ) , talks ( something we would like to develop more ) , and walks ( both long and short ) . |
| 16 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 17 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 18 | Before the Burford constable could reply , Detective Eddy was pushing his way through the crowd and Constable Aplin hurried after him . |
| 19 | So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ? |
| 20 | A peaked cap was cutting its way through the crowd towards me and I recognized the Feldwebel . |
| 21 | Robert Walker , a soldier in uniform , was fighting his way through the crowd , a bunch of flowers and a marriage licence in his hand , wading against the human tide to the shining spot under the clock where Judy Garland stood , dressed in angelic white that stood out against the drab extras , waiting anxiously . |
| 22 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 23 | Grandson Richard was shoving his way through the pushing , shouting mass of humans , but it was hard going . |
| 24 | Over the last few months hardly a day had gone by without his name being mentioned in the financial Press , the articles mainly commenting on the swift , ferocious manner in which he was carving his way through the City , ruthlessly gobbling up one company after another . |
| 25 | A bespectacled street-photographer was working his way through the crowd , trying to persuade them to have their pictures taken . |