Example sentences of "[to-vb] through [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It causes an electric current to flow through anything moving across it which can conduct electricity . |
| 2 | A profile that provides far too many irrelevant references is of little use ; such lists normally find their way into a wastepaper basket because the user sees that they are full of irrelevant material and is not prepared to search through them hoping to find some relevant references . |
| 3 | You did n't have to go through him to get to someone who counted : he counted in his own right . |
| 4 | All knew that they would have to pass through what has been described as a maelstrom , and that they would have to rely on the seamanship of their coxswain to reach the relative safety of open water ; there would be no second chance in conditions which were described as the worst in living memory . ’ |
| 5 | I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre . |
| 6 | Zeolite and many of the resins become fully charged and must be soaked in salt water , or better still have a steady trickle of salt water running to waste through them to recharge them . |
| 7 | However , once you have found the serial file you want , you still need to read through it to find the record you want . |
| 8 | Which is a nice promise to make but when you 've got so many thousand houses to get through it took about six months to set the scheme up . |
| 9 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
| 10 | It must be dense enough to support the plant , porous enough to hold water , and open enough for air to diffuse through it to provide oxygen . |
| 11 | I have enclosed a copy and would be most grateful if you could find the time to scan through it to see if I have made any errors of fact or tactics . |