Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are looking through the directory board in the foyer of the RCA building , reading aloud to each other all the names of firms they find ridiculous ( ‘ How about this ? |
| 2 | They are trying through the waggle , which is a swing in miniature , to control or feel the clubhead right through the swing . |
| 3 | Clark had a bad back — arthritis — and in one scene they are driving through the crowd going to the rodeo . |
| 4 | On the contrary they are being wiped out as the loggers introduce new diseases , alcohol and guns along with the roads they are driving through the rainforest . |
| 5 | Now they are going through the roof en route to the moon , having forced Spurs into a replay . |
| 6 | They are walking through the space station . |
| 7 | And you take out a box of stuff and they 're sorting through the stuff and you 're like , excuse me , and you 're trying to get your tables out |
| 8 | Well , providing , mainly because you see a lot of the youngsters with their skate boards , but they 're skating through the town , all over the place . |
| 9 | Yeah , there 's these three men and they 're walking through the desert . |
| 10 | They 're walking through the desert and like , you know , they 're gon na die , it 's obvious and they see this house . |
| 11 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
| 12 | If they 're going through the course they 've got to cross the course , they 've got to cross the fences . |
| 13 | And er they 're going through the courts now . |
| 14 | The truth is they 're rushing through the debate because they know that in the budget the next month , the chancellor will announce further defence cuts . |
| 15 | They 're cutting through the rock at a rate of up to 40ft an hour and the drill has reached 1,200ft down . |
| 16 | In verse fourteen and fifteen , Jesus uses an illustration that Nicodemus would have been very familiar with , it was back in th in the ancient history of the nation of Israel , when they were wandering through the wilderness and he says , just as Moses a , way back there on that occasion lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , there had been this plague , if if you have plagues of serpent , there had been this plague of serpents , and they 'd bitten the people and they were dying like flies and Moses comes to God , he says what are you gon na do ? |
| 17 | They were walking through the village . |
| 18 | They were working through the buildings quickly and , as far as he could tell , efficiently . |
| 19 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 20 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 21 | At the end of the show they were racing through the theatre in search of parents and relations . ’ |
| 22 | There was an unheard babble of excited conversation and now they were hurrying through the rain towards the car . |
| 23 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |