Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These disturbances must have been minimized , however , where the defences ran through the fringes of the main settlement , as they appear to have done at Kenchester . |
| 2 | I stood fearfully against a board as in rapid succession the knives flashed through the air and encircled my body . |
| 3 | Children were knocked to the ground , screaming and crying as the guards broke through the picket line . |
| 4 | Several of the demons disappeared through the hole . |
| 5 | He felt that on the final day of their three-day visit the inspectors went through the files with the respective partners too quickly . |
| 6 | ‘ The Europeans marched through the woods . |
| 7 | The proposals were heavily criticised and eventually , as a Bill legislating for the changes went through the House of Commons , the government bowed to their own back-benchers and produced an amendment introducing a total reorganisation ( Maclure 1988 : 109 ) . |
| 8 | Eight of the bombers broke through the defences to launch torpedoes at the ‘ Ark ’ and at the battlecruiser ‘ Renown ’ , but without obtaining hits . |
| 9 | They criticise the poll tax , but when they were in office the rates went through the roof . |
| 10 | The set was so tacky she expected it to collapse each time one of the characters came through the door . |
| 11 | I was standing outside Brigade H.Q when the reinforcements marched through the village . |
| 12 | At that speed in first gear the revs went through the roof and the car coasted to a halt . |
| 13 | Whichever method was used it meant long traffic holdups as the creatures went through the streets , their already frightened state heightened by a deal of cruelty on the part of many of the drovers . |
| 14 | The sirens ecoed through the street |
| 15 | All the negotiations went through the Forest chairman , Mr Reacher . |
| 16 | As the trilobites spread through the seas of the world , they diversified into a great number of species . |
| 17 | At this point the children came through the drawing-room French windows . |
| 18 | ‘ The sirns waled ’ was changed to ‘ The sirns ecoed through the streets ’ by Jessica ( RH ) . |
| 19 | Because they were so close to the city , the trucks travelled through the night and , by dawn , Cable announced over the intercom to everyone sitting in the back that Arcady 's higher domes were now visible on the horizon . |
| 20 | ‘ The thieves came through the paddock where Joe is kept , and this morning we found the gate swinging open — and Joe gone . |