Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] [noun sg] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff-top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath-taking panorama of endless blue sea . |
| 2 | As he declaimed we were weaving our way through the late-afternoon shoppers who thronged the centre of the town . |
| 3 | But the crossing from Newcastle turned out to be a mini holiday in itself and very soon we were nosing our way through the islands and reefs which guard the entrance to Bergen 's Hanseatic harbour . |
| 4 | Later , as they were making their way through the bracken , Anna said casually , ‘ Sam told me that you 're leaving your job with Luke . ’ |
| 5 | If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the corridors of the National Health Service today , she would almost certainly be searching for the people in charge . |