Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two NCO drivers from the Field Ambulance were passing through the assembled ranks selling chocolates , buns and cold drinks . |
| 2 | But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing . |
| 3 | Already Robin 's fingernails are growing and blood is flowing through the hand , although he has little feeling higher than the base of his palm . |
| 4 | ‘ On the occasion the Mayor was driving through the town with another prominent local man when a ‘ super sports ’ car without warning shot in front of them and scraped their bonnet . |
| 5 | His penis was standing through the cotton slit , throbbing . |
| 6 | When Mrs Thatcher came to power in May 1979 , union power was at its height and British industry was going through the crippling after effects of the winter of discontent |
| 7 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 8 | If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 9 | Evening light was slanting through the doorway , setting a sheen in the ancient spear-head . |
| 10 | When she awoke , the light was seeping through the curtains . |
| 11 | Daylight was filtering through the shutters when Luce awoke to instant and complete remembrance . |
| 12 | Holmewood 's ‘ whistling ’ bridge ( it made noises if the wind was blowing through the rafters from the right direction ) has just been passed by K3 No. 60896 as it heads a southbound coal train up the 1 in 100 in about 1961 . |
| 13 | The wind was gusting through the branches of the old oak tree outside and hurling itself against his window . |
| 14 | Rays from the rising sun were shining through the thick undergrowth of the jungle as we drove past . |
| 15 | They draw implications in the world of a deaf child 's hearing through the early fitting of a hearing aid and point out that even under these advantageous circumstances a deaf child 's functional hearing may not be comparable to that of hearing children at the same sound levels . |
| 16 | One day in August the sun was rising through the mist . |
| 17 | There was just enough wind to fill the sails and the sun was breaking through the mist . |
| 18 | Who said and on which occasion : ‘ In church on Sunday it was lovely , and the sun was coming through the stained glass window and falling on some flowers . |
| 19 | When she woke , the sun was streaming through the window . |
| 20 | The sun was shining through the window and illuminated them . |
| 21 | In the morning when the sun was shining through the mist , Dot was wrapped up to go out . |
| 22 | The rain had stopped , and the sun was shining through the red and gold autumn leaves . |
| 23 | The sun was shining through the little window making patterns of light and shadow on the carpet and causing the polished woodwork to glow . |
| 24 | Now the Doctor 's companion , the woman and the android were walking through the dark corridors of the castle , trying to find some means of escape . |
| 25 | It was of a harbour on a rough and windy day , which some small sailing ships were trying to enter with , it appeared to Ellie , no little difficulty , while behind them a steamer was cutting through the seas at great speed . |
| 26 | A car bomb exploded as his motorcade was passing through the Antelias area of East Beirut ; eight people were killed and 25 wounded . |
| 27 | I was glad to see that the weather was presenting its sunnier face today , although a breeze was scurrying through the tops of the trees . |
| 28 | Rain was dripping through the roof in several places , falling with a recurrent plop and splash on to the wet floor-boards . |
| 29 | We finally departed from the house as the pillager 's husband was scrabbling through the kitchen drawers in search of a rubber band he knew he 'd once seen in there somewhere … |
| 30 | I do n't think the water is coming through the door seals . |