Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] through the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long after he left to become a flight engineer it continued to light them through the war and for many years after . |
| 2 | County cricketers were paid for the summer and only the best were given a reduced wage to see them through the winter . |
| 3 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 4 | These were the children some of the teachers looked down on because they came to school with unmended holes in their jumpers , or no proper shoes , only canvas sandshoes to see them through the winter . |
| 5 | Luckily this family all weighed in at over 15 grammes … and that means enough fat to see them through the winter . |
| 6 | They have received it in the shape of detailed educational theory carefully worked out to see them through the maturation process from infancy to adulthood . |
| 7 | Senada and her children , Mevlida ( 16 ) , Sanel ( 15 ) , Saliha ( 12 ) and Jasmina ( 11 ) , now have changes of clothes to see them through the week , cash in their pockets , and the run of Bob 's kitchen and store-cupboards , which were pre-stocked with macaroni and pasta for their arrival . |
| 8 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 9 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 10 | They would.become animals , ferocious , feral , fervent in their lust for the sap of life to sustain them through the cold . |
| 11 | He extended a hand , tried to shake hers through the gap in the door . |
| 12 | Customs have now announced a change to the way the second hand scheme for cars operates , so that second hand car dealers who acquire cars from these businesses may continue to sell them through the scheme . |
| 13 | Retirement combines these two aspects of companionship , on the one hand an increasing rate of loss , and on the other , less social opportunity to replace them through the place of work . |
| 14 | Its one rolling , swollen eye was fixed on Cardiff even as the thing thrashed with blackened , elongated and monstrously deadly arms at the brickwork , trying to heave itself through the aperture and into the basement . |
| 15 | Luke came round the car and took her arm in a firm grasp to lead her through the gate and up the path to the front door . |
| 16 | She held out her hand to lead him through the courtyard , stopping at the fountain which was lit by soft moonlight . |
| 17 | He was toting the gun for a purpose — to shoot her through the head or knock her unconscious , or both . |
| 18 | She put her hand up to her veil and started to chew it through the material . |
| 19 | Nowadays , increasingly , we try to listen to such works as Acis and Galatea and the Cecilian Ode in the form in which Handel composed them ; to hear them through the prism of the classical musical consciousness is disconcerting . |
| 20 | I always take a bottle of claret and a meat pie to help me through the service and , when it 's finished , I gaze around to catch the eye of some pretty maid . |
| 21 | For cases where an option handles a large amount of information , an index form , showing the names of all fields which are handled by the option can be used to help you through the option . |
| 22 | Betty , suspect , generates a larger than average amount of her own static electricity aggravated by pushing the carriage to and fro and she has begun to discharge herself through the machine . |
| 23 | Your reward , as carer , is knowing that you have done your best to make the patient comfortable and happy , and to help him through the recovery process from his illness , however long it takes . |
| 24 | In the early part of 1992 you will learn of some exciting developments that will take place to help us through the year and indeed the future . |
| 25 | ‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . |
| 26 | ‘ Suzi and I are going back to her dance studio and she 's going to put me through the dance routine again . ’ |
| 27 | The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze . |
| 28 | Flaps of skin grew out of either side of the lower part of the body , helping to guide them through the water . |
| 29 | ‘ But for this you should really have at least £50,000 and preferably £100,000 — and a stockbroker to guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares . ’ |
| 30 | Nowadays , however , there is little clear principle to guide one through the maze of technical arguments . |