Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 2 | Hurling my body through the air in the jumps did n't seem too appealing , nor did attempting to sprint , run or hurdle my way into the record books : but how about throwing something ? |
| 3 | She found herself hurrying unnecessarily , weaving her way through the groups of people that drifted along the narrow paths , side-stepping the large and opulent prams that were moored to benches where smug mothers sat knitting and staring , dodging the children who chased each other in and out of the grown-ups ' legs . |
| 4 | With Brando and Dean mumbling their way through the currently most talked about pictures , it was very much in vogue , passionately discussed and used among the younger actors . |
| 5 | She heard his sigh of impatience , and squeezed past the speaker , groping her way through the darkness to his side . |
| 6 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 7 | During the sweltering Id of 1333 , a camel caravan could be seen winding its way through the narrow passes and defiles of the Hindu Kush . |
| 8 | Depressed , she leaned back in her seat , resting her head against the headrest while staring unseeingly at the hills and at the Esk River winding its way through the valley . |
| 9 | That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff-top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath-taking panorama of endless blue sea . |
| 10 | They walked back to South Audley Street together , weaving their way through the lunchtime crowds on the pavements , the tall , striking girl and the young man whose pixieish looks belied his twenty-six years . |
| 11 | The music changed to something more up-beat and , as if by mutual consent , they both moved from the floor , weaving their way through the crowd in search of a space . |
| 12 | There was plenty of silence for Laura and Bernard at Rhydoldog , marred only occasionally by David and Nick motorbiking their way through the sheep . |
| 13 | I could hear him bawling and banging his way through the Nissen hut across the way . |
| 14 | ‘ Jean-Paul half-rose from his seat , but the boy had gone , weaving his way through the throng of people behind the bar . |
| 15 | ‘ But … ’ she started to protest , but he was already walking away from her , weaving his way through the seated audience , shouldering past the standing groups . |
| 16 | As he declaimed we were weaving our way through the late-afternoon shoppers who thronged the centre of the town . |
| 17 | There are now about 400 of the animals on Narcondam , eating their way through the island 's ground vegetation , including the saplings of the trees that Narcondam hornbills nest in . |
| 18 | The worms can only live in compostable material so there 's no fear of them making a bid for freedom and eating their way through the vegetable patch . |
| 19 | Marie scrambled out of the sand-hills and ran along the bank , crashing her way through the tall , razor-edged grass , not minding if it cut her hands . |
| 20 | Carmella was the only calm one , and picking her way through the shambles , she called the Police to sort it out ! |
| 21 | Sandy was already picking her way through the garden towards the front of the house . |
| 22 | At the time , picking her way through the fragments of Elise 's life , going through diaries and personal papers , had seemed like snooping . |
| 23 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 24 | They skirted the city , threading their way through the still-silent streets and , following the Prior 's careful directions , soon found themselves on the broad beaten approach to the port of Leith . |
| 25 | The way we have chosen the symbols T and S also means , conveniently , that trajectories threading their way through the top face of the box B according to some sequence of Ts and Ss , make the same sequence of passes through the tubes , T and S. |
| 26 | Picking their way through the rubble , the Cartwrights concluded their exploration , although they had no idea of where they were . |
| 27 | At a certain age many children wander among disregarded places like San Quentin Point , picking their way through the rubble of the adult world . |
| 28 | The guests thought it was romantic and had great fun picking their way through the candlelit restaurant . |
| 29 | Pushing her way through the hordes of little black boys with bones through their noses , she looked up at the sky . |
| 30 | There had been one or two prospective buyers , pushing their way through the tall weeds , with papers describing the property 's charms in their hands , but the general neglect seemed to dishearten them . |