Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] through the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne Lennox and Liz Weeks told how the new crisis has ‘ opened old wounds ’ and said : ‘ We would n't want families of British servicemen to go through the pain we had to endure . ’ |
| 2 | Through the desert with my family and through the perils of the desert and erm it took us about eight hours to go through the desert , which normally takes two hours , and it was very difficult . |
| 3 | ‘ In cases of multiple debt , we reckon on 12 hours to work through the inquiry , ’ she added . |
| 4 | He then goes on to criticise Labour for suggesting that priority spending on education and training can help overcome the difficulties of the balance of payments deficit — because such investment programmes take generations to work through the system . |
| 5 | I am pleased to be able to tell my hon. Friend that the new structures and management priorities of the health service led the health authority to appoint a new ophthalmology consultant last week to provide extra sessions to work through the waiting list . |
| 6 | Even the tiny jet-buttoned bolero jacket looked less like a cover-up now than a blatant temptation , allowing the pearly sheen of her bare shoulders to gleam through the lace . |
| 7 | The Central Bank liberalized its foreign exchange regulations on Feb. 1 , 1990 , eliminating the system which required all transactions to go through the bank and to take place at a fixed daily rate . |
| 8 | He extended the midsummer sunrise line in both directions to pass through the top of Sidbury Hill to the north-east , and touch the earthworks of Grovely Castle and Castle Ditches in the other direction . |
| 9 | It is ridiculous to expect people to put on hard hats to walk through the countryside . |
| 10 | You will then need a further five minutes to look through the application form ( or application letter or c.v. ) of the next candidate , and to remind yourself of any particular questions which need to be asked as a result of what it contained . |
| 11 | The latter case would indicate that , if it were possible for real observers to pass through the horizon , then most would miss this singularity . |
| 12 | Even when the decay is spreading , it typically takes six years to travel through the tooth enamel into the softer dentin , where it becomes a threat to the nerves in the root canal . |
| 13 | He threw with such power that Mungo half expected his darts to go through the board and stick in the wall . |
| 14 | One person spent illicit hours at Saatchi 's designing our logo ; WTN allowed a lot of things to go through the system — printing , photocopying , artwork ; Gina got the entire staff of her office converted to the cause within weeks and it seemed that everyone else had done the same : soon members ' colleagues , friends and relatives were all helping out . |
| 15 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 16 | There is an information centre , but its three staff will be stretched on a busy day , when Nielson expects more than 1,000 customers to pass through the store . |
| 17 | I want a thousand pounds to come through the door now . |
| 18 | In the first place , we had to come to know each other , to establish a community of interest , and so we used the early tours and concert schedules to play through the orchestra , s main repertory . |
| 19 | Consumption of drinks and drugs go up : alcohol consumption can increase — maybe to a second scotch before dinner , maybe to two Special Brews to get through the afternoon and a bottle of wine every evening ; smoking can increase , as can the consumption of tea and coffee — even though these are physical stimulants ( and can therefore mimic anxiety ) rather than relaxants . |
| 20 | Did Carnelian hope that Jaq or Meh'Lindi would rush , or fire , impetuously — only for their laser beams or needles to pass through the phantom without effect , till they hit some bystander or the Governor 's tabernacle ? |
| 21 | But that surrender and the loss of employment may be exactly the necessary stimuli to break through the denial system and convince the sufferer to seek effective help . |
| 22 | The Hurricanes had to be shorn of their wings to get through the tunnel but the Fulmars went through with wings folded . |
| 23 | Other kinds of bivalves have used their capacity for free movement to the utmost by becoming efficient swimmers , clapping their valves together like castanets to move through the sea to find new feeding grounds or to escape the threat of predators . |
| 24 | The Skegness Festival in 1938 had a Carnival Procession which took five or six hours to get through the town , the Rector of Stiffkey now forgotten . |
| 25 | Misunderstandings and " difficult behaviour " are good reasons to check through the quality of your client care . |
| 26 | Editor , — Four groups of doctors suffer particularly from age discrimination during their attempts to move through the hospital training grades to consultant appointments : doctors who qualified abroad , those who entered medical school after the normal age of 18–19 , those who have had prolonged illness , and women . |
| 27 | It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry . |
| 28 | The hard work done , it took a matter of moments to cut through the strap holding her left hand . |
| 29 | For clarity and to enable students to follow through the process we recommend a separate column is opened . |
| 30 | While she refused to dance in public , her brother and staff took turns to look through the keyhole and watch her as she worked-out in her black leotard . |