Example sentences of "[verb] through the first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Erm so I all we 're trying to do now at the moment though is , is to , to operate from the point of view of saying look , if you actually take all these things into account , we should n't be worse than we were ultimately , once these systems have bedded in , we 're doing more checking on letters for example th than , than we w we wo n't have to once we 've checked through the first two months of auto-offs , and we 're getting used to the new reports and so on and that sort of stuff , so we expect there to be a blip , but you would expect a learning curve in anyway .
2 So just skim through the first ten lines then eleven to the end really concentrate on .
3 And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career .
4 And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career .
5 After a false start by world champion Tatyana Ledovskaya , Gunnell was into her Rolls-Royce stride instantly , coasting through the first 200 metres with principal rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick firmly in her sights in the next lane .
6 After a false start by world champion Tatyana Ledovskaya , Gunnell was into her Rolls-Royce stride instantly , coasting through the first 200 metres with principal rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick firmly in her sights in the next lane .
7 I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen .
8 Let's briefly go through the first few generations of the main line of evolution in Figure 4 .
9 Yes , go through the first five minutes , there were all different tasks , erm , at first , the girls were making up a basic jingle that would be about thirty seconds , and everyone else was looking through to see what words they should use .
10 The aims of the research are : to undertake a wide-ranging review of the priority assessment techniques applied by local authorities to transport projects ; to apply a representative sample of the techniques to a common set of projects ; and to distill the experience gained through the first two stages , together with knowledge of recent developments in the theory and practice of multiple criteria analysis into a computer-based priority assessment package .
11 You certainly shoot through the first few ch chapters of that anyway .
12 There are various clinics and self-help groups to support and encourage those wanting to kick the habit ; but a lot of determination will be needed to get through the first difficult weeks or months .
13 Auriol and Biasion tore through the first four special stages to take a commanding lead .
14 He reached across and picked one up , flicking through the first few pages .
15 They agree that skill requirements are reduced as mechanisation moves through the first three stages , but part company in their interpretation of what happens in fully automated plants , Bright claiming that , because the machinery becomes virtually self-sufficient in terms of needing no worker input , such work that does remain is subject to more centralised control and closer supervision even though the tasks to be performed may have become more sophisticated .
16 She ran through the first few pages of each of the paperbacks , her mouth falling open as she read .
17 He hobbled through the first available door , which was marked Adjutant General , and saw a red-faced major seated behind the desk .
18 Mrs Bolger who 's expecting a baby next month has not been in court but her husband Ralph sat through the first two days .
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