Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] through [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sets out the draft proposals and erm will after this meeting go to all members of the Council for them to go through with a toothcomb as well as you . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 3 | But it was Vose who came through with a strong finish on the final circuit to claim second place , but he could not match Pearson 's strength on the hills . |
| 4 | Then you ring Dial-A-Ticket ( 0532–710710 ) which is generally engaged , so you re-dial at frequent intervals till you get through to a recorded ticket office girl blotering on about similar information . |
| 5 | Increasing the amount of interview you get through in a day ? |
| 6 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 8 | 3 She follows through with a palm heel strike . |
| 9 | Fixing a three-hole mixer with pop-up waste may look a little complicated , but if you follow through in a sequence of operations it 's not too difficult . |
| 10 | For example , I pass through a sequence of states identical to one passed through by a native Chinese speaker in being presented with a question in Chinese and giving the answer in Chinese . |
| 11 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 12 | I pulled up in a gateway , Sam jumped out and we went through into a field ; and as the beagle scampered over the glittering turf I stood in the warm sunshine amid the melting frost and looked back at the dark damp blanket which blotted out the low country but left this jewelled world above it . |
| 13 | Morag and Mary were two such women and we never ceased to wonder at the amount of work they got through in a day . |
| 14 | If these lines come into contact with others of ‘ foreign ’ material such as a polyester , then they melt through in a trice and your kite is away , floating down on the breeze leaving you with two rather expensive short ends . |
| 15 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But they won through in a dour encounter and I wish them well in the next round . |
| 17 | An impressive display from Magnum player Muir saw him cruise through with a 7-2 , 7-1 , 7-1 win . |
| 18 | She had a friend who kept them caseless in huge straw baskets and crunched the loose cases to bits , muttering ‘ Oh , shit ’ as he wandered through to a five-by-eight foot kitchen where nine wires ran from the central lightbulb . |
| 19 | Strachan was inspirational , and his goal was the highlight of the match — running at the defence , he twisted through for a fine shot about fifteen yards out . |
| 20 | Tony 's voice , when it came through without a crackle , brought a reassuring flood of gladness . |
| 21 | It sounds quite Jack Bruce-y in fact , with a pronounced ‘ honky ’ mid , which I actually quite like because it cuts through at a gig . ’ |
| 22 | Wonder how many frying-pans and kettles he gets through in a week , he mused . |
| 23 | ‘ With E-mail it zips through at a fraction of the cost , and such a system also eliminates many of the difficulties associated with operating in different time zones . ’ |