Example sentences of "he [verb] through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't relax ; she could hear every move he made through the flimsy wall , and each one stretched her nerves tight . |
| 2 | He passed through the outer office , oblivious of the astonished looks on the faces of the two girls . |
| 3 | He looks through the little hammock in front of him . |
| 4 | She slithered to one side of the bed , and he moved through the gilded air , angling his body down to hers . |
| 5 | Then he waded through the banked snow to the foot of the wall . |
| 6 | All day he wandered through the muffling silence of the clouds . |
| 7 | So far , he had not met any strange animals , terrifying monsters or lost pupils trying to find their way out , and after a few journeys began to feel quite safe as he wandered through the never-ending jungle of passageways . |
| 8 | He staggered through the open doorway , into the painted freezer , feeling his knees giving out with each inept step . |
| 9 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 10 | Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention . |
| 11 | He ripped through the fragile batting with superb swing bowling , taking five for seven in 23 balls to finish with six for 67 . |
| 12 | Blind panic now ruled him ; he raced through the connecting door into the shop , ransacked the till and then hurriedly retreated through the back door , locking it and throwing the key into the ditch . |
| 13 | Quickly , he ducked through the unadorned side door of the building and began climbing the four flights of rickety wooden stairs . |
| 14 | He walked through the Blue Boar 's yard and on up the narrow lane which ran directly to the village of Purton , a distance of a quarter of a mile . |
| 15 | With full and proper ceremony he walked through the sacred fire and was accepted as pure by the god Asuryan . |
| 16 | He walked through the communicating door into his own room , leaving it open while he dressed . |
| 17 | Unlocking the door , he walked through the darkened workroom and slowly . |
| 18 | As he walked through the wet grass , the locket and the thick scroll of paper banged at his chest , like an urgent warning . |
| 19 | He stepped through the deep snow towards the grave where Tallis stood her silent guard . |
| 20 | He yelled through the open stableyard door for three horses to be saddled , two for himself and one for Lieutenant Doggett . |
| 21 | ‘ Where d' ya wan na go , bub ? ’ he called through the open window . |
| 22 | At last , in 1943 , he broke through the psychological barrier by founding a consistent set of 4-dimensional " hypernumbers " in which all the usual laws of arithmetic hold with the exception of unc in general . |
| 23 | He talked through the whole drama again with them , explaining the various problems their son had had , discussing the probable outcome of each of his injuries had he survived , and then , when there was no doubt left in their minds that he should have died , he gave them even more . |
| 24 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 25 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 26 | He went through the green door in the Customs Hall and out into the main lounge . |
| 27 | Her glance flew after him , watching as he shouldered past the clutching fingers of the palms until he disappeared through the far door . |
| 28 | Immediately he disappeared through the open window . |
| 29 | He looked through the narrow tavern window . |
| 30 | He looked through the transparent wall . |