Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pers pn] through [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He sees it through a glass , sentimentally , romantically ; it is either too pretty or too brutal ; it lacks ordinariness .
2 You like yams ? ’ he asks as he hurries me through the West Indian greengrocer 's and out the back .
3 Although the minister is uniquely and personally responsible to Parliament for everything — everything , that is , outside clinical decisions — which is done or left undone in the health service , he administers it through a hierarchy of non-elective bodies on which the professions are strongly represented and are influential more than in proportion to their numbers .
4 At the same time , where the same aspect appears both in his tradition and in others , he interprets it through the ears of the former .
5 He pokes it through the bottom of the popcorn box they share .
6 I look back through my tears at Andy , who 's following , looking desperate and uncertain , biting on one knuckle as he follows us through the bushes .
7 Well he does it through the skin by sweating .
8 He talks me through the game .
9 She inches to the edge of the bed , he follows ; she lies on her back , his hand attempts to part her furiously dry lips ; she wraps herself in the sheet , the tense warmth of his body suffocates her doubly ; she leaps up and goes to the lavatory , he watches her through the glass wall .
10 I says , ‘ It 's a 7-iron , ’ thinking , ‘ This is where we came in ! ’ , and he hits it through the back of the green .
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