Example sentences of "[verb] through with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latest results from an experiment designed to test a fundamental aspect of quantum theory show it to come through with flying colours . |
| 2 | Now , the force that is truly Ahriman — the Darkfall — can break through with increasing frequency until everything — everything — ceases to exist as we know it . ’ |
| 3 | Many of the women 's purity associations were shot through with similar class divisions . |
| 4 | Violence is endemic and Thomson fashions a stylish off-beat thriller which occasionally meanders but is shot through with genuine menace . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the timber industry is shot through with economic inefficiency . |
| 6 | There were no French madrigalists but , beginning in the 1560s , the native polyphonic chanson was given new life by the immensely popular example of Lassus , whose chansons are often shot through with madrigalian techniques . |
| 7 | As Ania Loomba puts it , in relation to colonialist studies , ‘ the neglect of histories surrounding native insubordination either devalues or romanticises the latter , or worse , tends to read colonised subjects through linguistic or psychoanalytic theories which , for some of us at least , remain suspiciously and problematically shot through with ethnocentric assumptions whose transfer to all subalterns is unacceptable ’ ( ‘ Overworlding ’ , cited from manuscript ) . |
| 8 | The air smelled of wet earth and diesel fumes and in the east the mist was shot through with orange spokes of light . |
| 9 | But , along with everyone else , he had a tremendous game and played his part in one of Palace 's best-ever away performances in the old 3rd Division South , helping us to gain a splendid 3–2 victory and earning himself an accolade from Palace Manager , Ronnie Rooke , who said that Jack ‘ came through with flying colours ’ . |
| 10 | Despite the intensity of the tour , the pressure for information and the interest by everyone , the Aussies came through with flying colours . |
| 11 | There were even doubts over his availability for last month 's All Ireland semi-final , but he played and came through with flying colours . |
| 12 | If it 's any consolation to Gooch , Allan Border was in a very similar situation not so long ago , and he came through with flying colours . |
| 13 | Hankin said : ‘ We battled unbelievably well , and the lads , especially the youngsters , came through with flying colours . |
| 14 | The menu reads more conventionally , but the food has been thought through with unusual care : witness the unexpected sweetness in the crab and sesame tart ; the vinegary bite to a plate of matted e-fu noodles ; and , of course , that small plate of perfection , within the narrowly-defined limits of its raw material , the chicken 's foot . |
| 15 | The polytechnic developments had at least been the outcome of clear-cut decisions , however weakly the intentions were defined and followed through with sustained resources . |
| 16 | In one bony hand he clutched an oak club driven through with rusty nails . |
| 17 | After the supermodels , a new generation is coming through with new ideas and attitudes . |
| 18 | Possibly more terrifying than the prospect of being run through with poisoned weapons , gassed by noxious organic exhalations from embalmed bodies , or turning black with anthrax , is the very real prospect of an object disintegrating in ( or falling from ) one 's hands . |
| 19 | Any programme targeted on an explicit need can be justified if it is followed through with adequate resources . |
| 20 | In the words of the Kingman Report , ‘ their implications have not been followed through with sufficient rigour or in detail . ’ |
| 21 | This is family planning and will be followed through with special reference to one of the world 's largest national programmes — that of India . |
| 22 | These can be worked through with local cooperation . |
| 23 | This classic bob has been softly layered and highlighted through with delicate copper tones to add warmth , shine and movement |
| 24 | Franco 's own forces were similarly , if less virulently , shot through with internal rivalries and disagreements ; but if confronted with a choice between the status quo and the risk of " the reds " returning , they would all opt for the former . |
| 25 | Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem of ( probably ) the eighth century , shot through with Christian learning and allusions , but all about warrior heroes , their feuds , their treasure , their veneration of pagan ancestors . |
| 26 | They were supposed to heighten our perceptions , but really I could see little difference between my ordinary vision of life , which was fantastic enough , and what the pills apparently produced , mainly a nervous sleeplessness shot through with incoherent babblings and bursts of laughter alternating with floods of tears . |
| 27 | Some people probably think I take too long to decide such matters , but I can demonstrate to them that sometimes by giving people a reasonable length of time to adjust they come through with flying colours . |
| 28 | They replaced the curtains with metallic finish Venetian blinds , punched through with tiny holes to let the light filter through . |