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Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] through [art] " in BNC.

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1	Thousands of years ago , horses were grazing dinners for the carnivores which stalked them through the grasslands , and the horses which survived were the fittest , fastest , strongest , and most alert .
2	I met them through an advert .
3	The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins .
4	The youth led them through a brick archway into a second room overflowing with cardboard boxes , many of them open to reveal their contents .
5	Jackie led them through the wood where Joy Prentice had fled and fallen , then along the banks of the stream which fed the water-wheel , to a small wooden bridge .
6	The journey was quick and bruising ; Selkirk led them through the town , up the craggy rock and across the wooden drawbridge into Edinburgh Castle .
7	He led the People of Israel out of slavery in Egypt , led them through the Red Sea , led them forty years in the wilderness and brought them safely to Palestine , Eretz Yisroel . ’
8	The beadle led them through the gloomy rooms off the main hall where the Court of Common Pleas , Court of Chancery and Court of Requests sat , and down a warren of lime-washed corridors until he stopped in front of a door and rapped noisily with his wand .
9	They collected their horses from the stables and led them through the cold , bustling streets .
10	Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door .
11	He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house .
12	Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards .
13	She led me through the throng .
14	He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide .
15	They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others .
16	As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’
17	But they refreshed me , sustained me through the subsequent days and weeks , like water in a camel 's hump .
18	caught them through the prep room keyhole , testing
19	You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting .
20	He prodded me through the door .
21	I found counting breaths in my head helped me through the pain — the intensity of which is a memory .
22	She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches .
23	I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon .
24	‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see .
25	" I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way .
26	Josey helped her through the evening .
27	He said the care of the staff at Ipswich Hospital and Denise helped him through the most difficult time of his life .
28	His sense of the ridiculous helped him through the myriad indignities which he and Lindsay underwent .
29	Luke helped him through the door with a violent push and then slammed it after him , flicking the lock — something , Robyn realised with relief , that Callum had n't thought to do earlier .
30	But he still had to print out yet another copy of the Capellan regulations about acceptable levels of degradation on axis lock crystals before he let her through the gate .