Example sentences of "[adv] through [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is only one type of personal family document which survives right through the last three centuries in really significant numbers . |
| 2 | Dissent in the county nonetheless survived powerfully through the eighteenth century in the persons of Phillip Doddridge and his followers . |
| 3 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 4 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 5 | Halfway through the second day we got our chance to bat after bowling 132 scalding overs . |
| 6 | ‘ Honest , mister , I 'm the 'ardest luck case I ever 'eard of , ’ she said , halfway through the second sandwich . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 8 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 9 | MAKESHIFT court proceedings in the home of a dying lung-cancer victim , Alfred McTear , had to be abandoned halfway through the second day yesterday on doctor 's advice . |
| 10 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 11 | I snatched it up halfway through the first tinkle . |
| 12 | Halfway through the next carol , the old boy rose slowly to his feet and with the help of his stick , made his way to the lectern . |
| 13 | Halfway through the next working day , Rainbow pauses at a cash machine . |
| 14 | Halfway through the third telling , Pascoe was called out to the phone . |
| 15 | ‘ Should the thief read this and comprehend the distress he has caused as well as the futility of his action , if he organises the return of our parts , perhaps through a third party , then we will take no further action . ’ |
| 16 | Athletes who have trained normally through the first two trimesters have delivered normal babies . |
| 17 | It is the totality of these new enclosures , beginning perhaps in the seventeenth century and increasing rapidly through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that , together with the industrial and urban development discussed in the following chapters . |
| 18 | Carleton built up a sizeable estate in the eastern and midland counties , partly by inheritance , partly through the second of his three marriages , to Elizabeth Mohun , a Northamptonshire widow who brought him the manor of Overstone , where he mostly resided . |
| 19 | Against a Coventry side in no fit state to make much of a fist of it , Liley was away like the wind midway through the second half on a 45-yard run for the second of Leicester 's four tries . |
| 20 | Midway through the second half , Hulme 's second goal again originated on the wing . |
| 21 | C Palace 2 , Everton 0 A DUBIOUS offside decision midway through the second half kick-started an uninspiring game into life and brought about Everton 's downfall , writes Mark Redding . |
| 22 | Midway through the second half , Neath went on the rampage scoring another three tries in only eight minutes . |
| 23 | Newport3 NEWBRIDGE moved to joint third place in the Heineken League with their ninth win in an ill-tempered game where David Roberts , the Newbridge flanker , and Frank Hillman , the Newport prop , were sent off midway through the second half for fighting . |
| 24 | Midway through the second half Perry scored Newbridge 's second try from a lineout , and the lock added a third near the end when he supported Fealy 's break . |
| 25 | ‘ Mill crushed Hammer with a three-goal blitz midway through the second half , and their was no way back for the gallant losers . |
| 26 | Rodber was taken off with spinal concussion midway through the second half , and within minutes Richards was shepherding a maul forty metres downfield . |
| 27 | Midway through the second half the tie erupted into warfare after Rush and Froggies forward Cecilliot got in a tangle . |
| 28 | A Tommy Johnson goal a minute before the break and Paul Kitson 's 14th of the season midway through the second half condemned Grimsby to their fourth consecutive defeat . |
| 29 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 30 | But that was abandoned midway through the second half . |