Example sentences of "he [vb past] through [art] [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 | Blunt saw nothing ahead but he shot off a dozen rounds on impulse as he plunged through a great hole . |
| 3 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |
| 4 | Consider , for example , Kloppenberg 's assessment of Sidney Webb : ‘ Although he passed through a Comtean phase that permanently altered his perspective from liberal individualism to organic collectivism , he had shed the positivist 's confidence in ultimate certainties as inconsistent with empiricism and democracy by the time he proclaimed himself a socialist in 1886 . ’ |
| 5 | He passed through a second archway . |
| 6 | In the early Fifties he passed through a difficult period when his directorship came under fierce attack from some art critics , none fiercer than the collector and famous critic of the Modern movement , Douglas Cooper . |
| 7 | He passed through the outer office , oblivious of the astonished looks on the faces of the two girls . |
| 8 | When he passed through an ivy-clad trellis arch and saw the man he sought , however , raking dead leaves and twigs into an incinerator , he realized how absurd the idea was that they could somehow be twin actors of the same part who had never met on stage till this unscripted moment . |
| 9 | He rode through an ancient forest alone . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Whatever it was , Liam 's throat must have been bothering him something terrible for he got through an awful lot of the stuff that night . |
| 12 | She slithered to one side of the bed , and he moved through the gilded air , angling his body down to hers . |
| 13 | Then he waded through the banked snow to the foot of the wall . |
| 14 | Rubbing away a thin film of ice , he peered through a small frame of snow — and saw Tom Hanks entering the farmyard , plodding doggedly behind a horse that was struggling to pull an improvised wooden snow-plough ! |
| 15 | All day he wandered through the muffling silence of the clouds . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll see how far it takes you when you watch him try to clear the gatehouse the way he charged through a whole company of men that day , sword flashing right and left , trying to get to the King . |
| 18 | He staggered through the open doorway , into the painted freezer , feeling his knees giving out with each inept step . |
| 19 | There , he sailed through a first class honours degree in maths . |
| 20 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 21 | He ripped through the fragile batting with superb swing bowling , taking five for seven in 23 balls to finish with six for 67 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Quickly , he ducked through the unadorned side door of the building and began climbing the four flights of rickety wooden stairs . |
| 24 | He walked through a narrow alley into the main street and stood on the corner by a butcher 's , looking up and down . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | With full and proper ceremony he walked through the sacred fire and was accepted as pure by the god Asuryan . |
| 27 | He walked through the communicating door into his own room , leaving it open while he dressed . |
| 28 | Unlocking the door , he walked through the darkened workroom and slowly . |
| 29 | As he walked through the wet grass , the locket and the thick scroll of paper banged at his chest , like an urgent warning . |
| 30 | He stepped through the deep snow towards the grave where Tallis stood her silent guard . |