Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] through a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for seeing through a glass darkly |
| 2 | A FIREFIGHTER who had to be airlifted to hospital after crashing through a footbridge into an isolated stream yesterday spoke of his ordeal . |
| 3 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 4 | Brave Angela , 55 , was pounded by flailing hooves — after wading through a ‘ mass of cows in a circle ’ to reach her pet lying unconscious on the ground . |
| 5 | A TOP Tory MP failed a breath test after driving through a police speed trap . |
| 6 | Even those who have long since abandoned hope of winning Downing Street 's favour have increasingly won their places after passing through a selection process which prevents the eccentric and the too-individualistic getting a look-in . |
| 7 | From Morvich , where we suspended our journey south on page 93 , the old road turns south to join the A.87 coming over the causeway on Loch Duich and after passing through a huge cutting arrives at Shiel Bridge , a pleasant wooded oasis sheltered by high mountains . |
| 8 | After passing through a number of German private collections it was purchased by the Getty Museum in 1986 . |
| 9 | He set off burglar alarms after wriggling through a ventilation hole at Eynsford , Kent . |
| 10 | Taylor , after going through a similar — but much more extensive — exercise to the one here , came to this conclusion : |
| 11 | England , after going through a two-hour final training session , were given a no-nonsense pep-talk by Carling . |
| 12 | Will ultimately go through the solution that you 're looking at , in terms of optical activity it comes out t' other end , cos light tends to do that , you know it 'll come t' other end and at this end , after going through a length system etcetera , will be a an eyeball . |
| 13 | Rigney , after going through a difficult period with a knee injury , is back in action following a summer of hard graft and determined to regain his international berth . |
| 14 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 15 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 16 | Another casualty who bravely acted out that old maxim ‘ the show must go on ’ was ROSS — ex-postman and avid raver — from K-CLASS who after falling through a plate glass window whilst horsing about with some mates in a local Liverpool pub , gritted his teeth , 30 stitches notwithstanding , and gamely did his bit on Dance Energy less than 24 hours after being sewn up . |
| 17 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 18 | Thus , it is better to have a clear , if crude , rule and invite leniency in the case of justifiable transgression , such as passing through a red light in an emergency . |
| 19 | Thinking — cognisance — is , however , not a matter of being in one mental state or another , or of flashing through a sequence of mental states : it is having conception of oneself as an experiencer of an external world , an experiencer who has the freedom to perform cognisant acts . |
| 20 | The first point is that the user , if he or she uses the guide at all , probably finds the task of wading through a long , unindexed guide to find some specific piece of information somewhat tedious . |
| 21 | This freedom of choice , our local knowledge and the security of purchasing through a household name must be an unbeatable combination . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm perfectly capable of climbing through a window . |
| 23 | The arduous task of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours . |
| 24 | In fact Gilbert 's Act of 1782 , remembered mostly as one which permitted parishes to unite for Poor Law purposes without undergoing the expensive process of incorporating through a private act of parliament , was equally significant in its effective sanctioning of the subsidising of wages from the poor rates for the able-bodied who were to be removed from workhouses and found work . |
| 25 | Seen commercially , the advantages of operating through a subsidiary include the ability to diversify activities whilst not exposing the other parts of the business to financial risk . |
| 26 | The US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , emphasized that there could be no extension of the Uruguay Round December deadline , underlining the urgency of pushing through a trade agreement which could secure US congressional approval on the " fast track " procedure . |
| 27 | By defining this insider fieldwork ( and the university experience which generated it ) as a liminal situation , I am extending the Turnerian concept ( 1969 , 1974 ) in which the individual moves temporarily into an unstructured and somewhat ambiguous state , during the initial process of passing through a rite de passage before returning to structure . |
| 28 | They start talking about ‘ trampolining ’ which is the art of bouncing through a girl 's tights until you hit home . |
| 29 | The time consuming nature of searching through a mass of information for one factor is the main drawback of this approach , although the process can now be made more efficient by the use of electronic databases . |
| 30 | And while the memory of stumbling through a huge — and previously unseen — boggy area on the North York moors in search of a mischievous mutt saves me from getting too romantic about foggy days , they are n't a write off . |