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 and said that Christopher was on interview and er if he got through the first part to the second part he would in the afternoon he would give us a ph a ring , erm but he , by ten to two he had n't phoned so she assumed he was on his way back having
4 He looks through the little hammock in front of him .
5 She slithered to one side of the bed , and he moved through the gilded air , angling his body down to hers .
6 Then he waded through the banked snow to the foot of the wall .
7 All day he wandered through the muffling silence of the clouds .
8 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 .
9 He staggered through the open doorway , into the painted freezer , feeling his knees giving out with each inept step .
10 As he came through the front door he had picked up his post .
11 Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention .
12 He ripped through the fragile batting with superb swing bowling , taking five for seven in 23 balls to finish with six for 67 .
13 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 .
14 Quickly , he ducked through the unadorned side door of the building and began climbing the four flights of rickety wooden stairs .
15 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 .
16 With full and proper ceremony he walked through the sacred fire and was accepted as pure by the god Asuryan .
17 He walked through the communicating door into his own room , leaving it open while he dressed .
18 Unlocking the door , he walked through the darkened workroom and slowly .
19 As he walked through the wet grass , the locket and the thick scroll of paper banged at his chest , like an urgent warning .
20 He stepped through the deep snow towards the grave where Tallis stood her silent guard .
21 He yelled through the open stableyard door for three horses to be saddled , two for himself and one for Lieutenant Doggett .
22 ‘ Where d' ya wan na go , bub ? ’ he called through the open window .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 He went through the same process in another shop , where he typed : Lodge in gazebo at WSW .
27 When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there .
28 He went through the green door in the Customs Hall and out into the main lounge .
29 Her glance flew after him , watching as he shouldered past the clutching fingers of the palms until he disappeared through the far door .
30 Immediately he disappeared through the open window .
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