Example sentences of "[pers pn] through the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 2 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 3 | ‘ Dustin was so far ahead of me through the first half of the picture , it was n't even funny , ’ Peckinpah confessed . |
| 4 | Two cherry berets took me through the first gate . |
| 5 | Once Crispin arrived , I would want to be out and about with him , so I worked till lunch-time , and was rewarded by reaching the half-way mark , and with a new idea to carry me through the next section of the story . |
| 6 | I wondered whether there was anything in the teaching of Tai-Fing that could get me through the next half an hour . |
| 7 | Medication is not always the right resource in times of distress , but there are certain situations that are so terrible that you will need something to help you through the first few months . |
| 8 | Finally , to help you formulate your business plans and guide you through the first years , The Institute of Business counsellors is offering ten business counselling sessions for the first three prize winners and five each for the three runners-up . |
| 9 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 10 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 11 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 12 | That stubbornness had got him through the last four years , but he had finally had to admit that walking out on his wife had been the biggest mistake of his life . |
| 13 | The numbing stupor got her through the next few hours . |
| 14 | The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log . |
| 15 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 16 | Maybe I 'll make it through the next couple of weeks , after all . |
| 17 | So we have four , five six , seven , eight , nine we have n't even got enough to see us through the next twelve months . |
| 18 | This surely is the basic English policy of helping and solidarity , which took us through the last war and into the first Labour Government and the welfare state . |