Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] through [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Then they made their way crouching along it , their feet splashing through muddy water .
3 They 'll spend the next few days sorting through that information .
4 No , there were no fishing boats coming through that day .
5 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 ’ .
6 Police say they recorded 170 motorists driving through red traffic lights in York in just one month .
7 It is this slim chance of two protons going through this sequence that limits the speed at which the Sun burns up its abundant fuel .
8 What were these girls learning through this activity ?
9 Police driving through Long Hanborough at 2am this morning smelt smoke and called the fire brigade .
10 I have suggested that there are two threads running through Christian practice , the thread of integration and that of separation , of being a part of and apart from .
11 PC Sparkes lodged his bike against Carter 's fence , knocked on the door and , getting no reply , he sauntered round the premises peering through each window — nothing seemed out of place or obviously suspicious .
12 Even more hammily : ‘ But — and here 's the bad news — our first priority — and I 've got to be blunt and straightforward with you — is to raise the number of students going through higher education to double what it is at present , by 96/97 . ’
13 Perdita , however , was excitedly looking down on vast faded pink rivers curling through spinach-green forest , and the blue shadow of their plane lying across Buenos Aires .
14 As a result , many undoubtedly experienced deep feelings of isolation and alienation , and came to see themselves as prophets in the wilderness or pilgrims journeying through hostile territory .
15 The risk of resistant strains of bacteria developing through complacent use of medicated feeds is high .
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