Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] through [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , only a quarter of its corporate members enter by way of the profession 's own examination system , the remainder qualifying through external degree or diploma courses . |
| 2 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 3 | In visor and sunshades I swatted antipodean flies , my cheeks padded with sponges and my eyes squinting through blue contact lenses , and the whole world thought it was a backdrop . |
| 4 | The plane was no longer controllable , flight was a scientific impossibility — it felt like a submarine ploughing through thick oil , rather than an aircraft knifing through rarefied air . |
| 5 | There was glittering blue mystery in his eyes , and his voice was lethally soft , like a snake rustling through dry grass . |
| 6 | Because the cells are sickle cell shaped and rather rigid they have difficulty passing through fine blood capillaries , and this results in the tissues not having enough oxygen , causing anaemia . |
| 7 | Then they made their way crouching along it , their feet splashing through muddy water . |
| 8 | They 'll spend the next few days sorting through that information . |
| 9 | No , there were no fishing boats coming through that day . |
| 10 | Flip over and you 'll find equally impressive tunes from Liberty City and Interceptor patiently waiting to be tried and tested , both estimable club-friendly giants sleepwalking through Deep House style lobbies and thoroughly warranting as much attention as ‘ Reach Me ’ . |
| 11 | DETECTIVES hunting the killer of businesswoman Jean Bradley were last night sifting through new information after a reconstruction of her final minutes . |
| 12 | This is what worries me , if you have got too much stuff going through one person that . |
| 13 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 14 | ‘ Two Priests up the Jungle ’ ( which is what Old Fish Sparks sings from time to time to the tune of Red Sails in the Sunset ) — sure , but it 's about the sort of conflict running through human life in every time and every civilization . |
| 15 | You want , want to get the same amount , I mean we 've got a certain amount of water coming through that pipe , |
| 16 | Grows in clear , flowing water coming through calciferous terrain . |
| 17 | well it 's got my electric cable running through that fence you see |
| 18 | The main thread running through this chapter has been the difficulty of testing hypotheses that link the reform of science to the reform of religion . |
| 19 | As you breathe out , imagine the breath passing through any part of your body that feels stiffer aches . |
| 20 | For many people living through that time , 1968 was the unforgivable pin that pricked the bubble : and with the deflation of the great illusion that the 1960s was a perpetual party came the realisation of the cost . |
| 21 | ‘ We started off by concentrating on hardback fiction and mass market paperbacks because we wanted to build a paperback backlist as quickly as possible to get regular sales going through each month . |
| 22 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 23 | Even so , the number of people moving through particular age groups has varied substantially over the past two or three decades . |
| 24 | He 'd heard the daily summary coming through some time after midnight , but he had n't bothered to check it ; anything important or relevant and Stoneley would have telephoned him direct , and there were too many big shadows and dark corners in the schoolroom for his liking . |
| 25 | The main argument running through this chapter and the next is that there have always been , and will always be , threats to broadcasting organizations and , more generally , broadcasting structures . |
| 26 | On the other hand , positive pressure maintained by the ventilation system allows the use of air locks to prevent smoke entering through main entrance and evacuation doors . |
| 27 | In old sections of Sudan 's capital , Khartoum , stories abound of latrines collapsing , with people falling through ancient crumbling squatting slabs to unspeakably horrible deaths . |
| 28 | The plane was no longer controllable , flight was a scientific impossibility — it felt like a submarine ploughing through thick oil , rather than an aircraft knifing through rarefied air . |
| 29 | He moved slowly , like a tired man wading through cold water . |
| 30 | Police say they recorded 170 motorists driving through red traffic lights in York in just one month . |