Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [verb] through [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time and again , he made it run through the sequence with him . |
| 2 | He asked me to sort through the files and see if I could come up with something to make life easier . ’ |
| 3 | For Bernstein , this is to experience the music at second hand ; he wants us to live through the emotional upheaval rather than be merely aware of its implications . |
| 4 | While he ate he looked through the post . |
| 5 | The rather pompous periphrasis " the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand " doubtless represents the boy 's self-centred view of Pemberton , but in language quite above the boy 's apparently limited powers of expression : what it seems to express is Pemberton 's image of himself as he sees it reflected through the mind of the child . |
| 6 | By the light of the second lamp , he saw it disappear through a hole in one of the great pictures on the wall . |
| 7 | As he spoke he flicked through the file of drawings , his expression giving absolutely nothing away . |
| 8 | When he reappeared she gestured through the open door . |