Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine . |
| 2 | ‘ Pringle 's used to have a Directors ' Dining Room , with their own cook , ’ Wilcox explained as he led her through the drab corridors of the administration block , and out across a yard where fresh snow was already covering the footpath that had been cleared . |
| 3 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 4 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 5 | " I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way . |
| 6 | He took them through the cavernous littered kitchen , where an old woman in a grey shawl was mixing something in a basin on the table , and down the dark passage to the studio . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 8 | Taking the oddly shaped metal comb from the pocket of his shirt , he ran it through the short oily hair on top of his head . |
| 9 | Her husband might want justice , but he wanted it through the proper channels . |