Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These disturbances must have been minimized , however , where the defences ran through the fringes of the main settlement , as they appear to have done at Kenchester . |
| 2 | Tabitha watched in diminishing triumph and mounting dismay as the Perk fell through the smoky air and struck one of the huge statues directly on the head . |
| 3 | ‘ A plastic sea kayak ; you must be mad , ’ was a typical comment from a Plas-y- Brenin instructor when the Seayak appeared through the post . |
| 4 | — and the fleas hopped , and the smell came through the walls . |
| 5 | The case arose through the servicing of small Iranian jets at Heathrow airport . |
| 6 | Perhaps the snake came through the air-vent many times before it killed Julia . |
| 7 | The Germans broke through the British line , but seemed unable , once again , to follow up their success , and were driven back by the last Allied reserves . |
| 8 | The warder peered through the observation slot then selected a key from the long chain that dangled from his belt . |
| 9 | He watched the old man fit another piece of bait on his line and flick the hook backhanded through the air . |
| 10 | The Admiral looked through the window of his cabin . |
| 11 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 12 | Two sets of skid marks were found afterwards — one by the wheels of a car , the other by the truck before the driver went through the barrier and was killed . |
| 13 | The sheep gazed through the bars at the departing train with a look of woolly innocence . |
| 14 | It was almost dark when the sheep squeezed through the narrow path between two houses and spilled out across the open village square . |
| 15 | The rock jutted through the thin pelt of flowers and grass , and all at once the horizon concertinaed . |
| 16 | The light lengthened through the palm groves and the villages glowed between the trees . |
| 17 | The actress went through the ordeal when she was just six years old . |
| 18 | The figure walked through the crowd . |
| 19 | But the figure leapt through the air onto the next shelf and Endill watched helpless as it disappeared into the darkness . |
| 20 | I stood fearfully against a board as in rapid succession the knives flashed through the air and encircled my body . |
| 21 | In places the wind whistled through the loose stones , insects became more adventurous and the gas lamps flickered quietly in the emptiness . |
| 22 | After what seemed an age , they came into a small room where the roof beams straddled above them like great barren trees , and the wind whistled through the tiny cracks where the moonlight shone through . |
| 23 | The wind moaned through the balcony window . |
| 24 | I said , but just then the wind tore through the yard , clutching icily at my face , snatching my breath away so that I turned involuntarily to one side with an explosive " Aaahh ! " |
| 25 | The car sped through the estate and left skid marks on the road and lawns . |
| 26 | The car zigzagged through the streets . |
| 27 | The car wove through the traffic on Hyde Park Corner and purred up Park Lane , the grime-grey hotels flashing by on the right . |
| 28 | Children were knocked to the ground , screaming and crying as the guards broke through the picket line . |
| 29 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ said Dorcas , as the digger twanged through the fence . |
| 30 | Czechs in Cleveland to learn how to cope with job losses WAYS in which the North-East came through the industrial upheaval of the '70s and '80s could prove an invaluable blueprint for revival for the people of Czechoslovakia . |