Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , motorists caught speeding through the contraflow can expect to receive a court summons in the post . |
| 2 | ‘ She never stopped chattering through the entire performance and of course that made everybody look at her . ’ |
| 3 | I tried going through the undergrowth and looping round — my sense of direction had far improved from peacetime — but the saw-toothed grasses left me bleeding like a scored steak . |
| 4 | Armies of monkeys marching through the jungle roof on swinging arms took fright , too , when they saw the little file of humans and they fled chattering through the upper branches almost as speedily as the birds . |
| 5 | After two harpoons had been stuck into him — one marked ‘ philanderer ’ , one marked ‘ draft-dodger ’ — he swam bleeding through the Democratic primaries of February and March . |
| 6 | He tried squeezing through the bars but it was impossible to escape . |
| 7 | I tried breathing through the sleeves of my tracksuit . |
| 8 | Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust . |
| 9 | Moments later two boars came crashing through the undergrowth . |
| 10 | A moment later , the big , galumphing dog came crashing through the reeds and … |
| 11 | It came crashing through the window . |
| 12 | Suddenly the deerstalker came whizzing through the air , and as , instinctively , she caught it , he bellowed , ‘ And get rid of that ! ’ |
| 13 | El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle came away in perplexity and that day , when Prince Rainbow came walking through the marshes , he said , " Well , well , Prince with the Thousand Enemies , where are the lettuces ? " |
| 14 | A great jolt of dismay went through her ; and almost before she understood why , spear-points came stabbing through the mist , bright-bladed . |
| 15 | He was always quick to appreciate her thoughts , Jenna noted uneasily , and the excellent company soon came threading through the tables to join them . |
| 16 | All the birds in the forest knew about them ; but they took good care to keep away when Cassowary and Bower-bird came racketing through the jungle . |
| 17 | His return fire lifted Weaver off his feet and flung him two yards backwards , to sprawl at Bodie 's feet as Bodie came racing through the side garden . |
| 18 | Colley the Mason came blundering through the crowds , treading on the sick laid out in rows on the ground . |
| 19 | These sentiments remained with him until the morning light came shining through the windows . |
| 20 | Sure enough , when they had dammed the lake and poured in all the wine and brandy from the barrels , hundreds of elephants came hasting through the mountains , having smelt the liquor from many miles away . |
| 21 | Joe came running through the plastic curtains waving a slip of paper and a handful of notes . |
| 22 | And as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came ! |
| 23 | Peter Hancock , a friend in whose company we were cruising , came sailing through the reef behind us in fine style in his yacht Kylie . |
| 24 | Party voices came floating through the air to Marion , who stood tucked in a corner between the sideboard and the wall . |
| 25 | She had not drawn her curtains , and she turned on her side , staring out at the velvety darkness , listening to the little noises that came wafting through the open window . |
| 26 | The morning sun came slanting through the corridor windows , making the airborne dust sparkle and filling the air with the scent of lavender floor wax . |
| 27 | They all had to wipe the smiles off their faces when she came striding through the door . |
| 28 | He turned his lens on a man who came striding through the concourse , his collar turned up , his hat pulled well down . |
| 29 | She showed where Dot must watch across the ragged grass for when the fox came slinking through the bracken towards the hen-house . |
| 30 | And the whole assemblage flowed hungering through the long ways . |