Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] through the " in BNC.

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1 It was right through the window , the second pane up on the left hand side .
2 In fact , it was largely through the middle-class and scientific bias of the new provincial colleges that English Language , Literature , and History came to serve as a so-called " poor man 's classics " , and it was only at the very end of the century that Oxbridge became sufficiently concerned to begin to succumb to the then " national demand " for such studies and introduce new " Schools " and " Tripos " regulations that would allow the ancient institutions to take a lead in these new areas .
3 It was also through the Education Network that I was able to develop and mount a freelance course called The Education Workshop which has attracted teachers from throughout England , in numbers ranging from thirty to eighty , during the last three years .
4 It was probably through the patronage of John Prideaux that Calandrini came into contact with James Ussher [ q.v. ] , later archbishop of Armagh , whom he assisted in his scholarly activities during the latter 's three-year stay in London .
5 There are general sort of comments that they do n't really know what the parish council does and they 're not very sure , erm , sort of it , it was mainly through the children 's card thing , perhaps a little bit of money that their child , you know did n't me meet any recognition but would n't it have been nice to know exactly what the picture had been for , and sort of the nitty- gritty does n't necessarily get filtered through .
6 It was midway through the second half of Saturday 's game at Kingsholm , when what had been a fair game , turned foul .
7 It was only through the players themselves that we got the news .
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