Example sentences of "they [vb past] through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 2 | They passed through the outer vestibule then under the fluted dome of the inner hall . |
| 3 | Before long , their confidence changed to an icy fear as they discerned through the enveloping fog the shape of a railway engine lit up by an eerie glowing aura . |
| 4 | They waded through the all-encroaching dust in a series of huge , dark-pillared halls which had been carved out of the solid rock . |
| 5 | They staggered through the second act . |
| 6 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 7 | Half running , half walking , they fled through the back garden , narrowly missing the Anderson , and threw themselves into the passage-way , the leaves swirling in after them . |
| 8 | As they drove through the frosty morning light along the winding borders of the lake and up , up , into the mountains , Jacob chatted to the chauffeur about his wife , Thérèse , about the forecast for skiing conditions , about Pilkou and Martine , the Princesse 's dogs . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know it was such a big place , ’ she said as they drove through the gaslit streets from the station in a hired carriage . |
| 10 | They drove through the dreadful remains of a recent battle , the desert littered with burned-out vehicles and smashed equipment . |
| 11 | Derelict , he had thought when they drove through the main street . |
| 12 | Ruth asked as they strolled through the formal gardens towards a flight of stone steps that led up to a forest of dense green pine trees offering shade and coolness . |
| 13 | In Castries they strolled through the busy streets , bought bread , cheese and fruit for a picnic , and drank iced rum under the shade of a café umbrella , where they amicably discussed St Lucia 's long tug-of-war between French and English , and tried to decipher the local French patois being spoken all around them . |
| 14 | From there they moved on into the Cambrian mountains ; and for three days they toiled through the worst storms of the year . |
| 15 | They turned through the narrow Kendal Dyke into a lovely wilderness of reeds and water , sailed from one to another of the posts that mark the channel , came to a signpost standing not on land but out in the middle of the Sounds , read ‘ to Horsey ’ on one side of it , reached away through Meadow Dyke , so narrow that they could easily have jumped ashore , and came at last to the open Mere . |
| 16 | They walked through the Haunted House . |
| 17 | They walked through the palatial foyer , then took the chairman 's lift up to the top floor . |
| 18 | They walked through the blood-stained slush of the Shambles , holding their noses against the sickening putrid smells from the slaughter houses , and turned left into Old Deans Lane , a narrow alleyway ankle-deep in muck which ran between dark , overhanging houses . |
| 19 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 20 | They sweated through the insect-loud afternoon , while the sun shone . |
| 21 | They survived through the sheer size of their rent rolls . |
| 22 | They trooped through the sunlit darkness , keeping close together , and came out halfway up the hill on to the slope where the blackberries grew . |
| 23 | They broke through the upper windows and tumbled down in the middle of us . |
| 24 | Tired as they were , they stumbled through the dark hours , picking themselves up when they fell , keeping up a pace that left no time for thought or speech . |
| 25 | At great length , and with considerable idealistic heart-searching , they worked through the various problems and anomalies of the paper in comparison with its rival newspapers . |
| 26 | " Your mother will tell you this evening , " he said , and the sound of the horses ' hooves echoed on flagstones as they went through the arched entrance into the yard . |
| 27 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 28 | A Vietnamese airport official said they went through the usual passport and customs procedures and then boarded buses to Soc San reception centre which was also the first stop for almost 600 boat people who returned voluntarily from Hong Kong earlier this year . |
| 29 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 30 | He seemed to sense her mood , drawing back a little as they went through the forward lock and up the cockpit steps . |