Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] through [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You go on to pass through a nature reserve at Redgrave and Lopham Fen , and on through Royden Fen , also managed as a nature reserve . |
| 2 | Diana and Charles stooped down to search through the clothes . |
| 3 | Then they drove away and Carolyn carried with her the sight of her mother 's tense white face leaning down to look through the window at her . |
| 4 | I take my jacket off again and sit down to look through the War files … |
| 5 | She squatted down to peer through the glass and saw a headscarf printed with Scottie dogs and a hand clutching a potted plant with its leaves torn off . |
| 6 | Apgood pocketed the film and sat down to browse through the stack of fragile old certificates . |
| 7 | He reached the Fiat and leaned over to peer through the driver 's window . |
| 8 | The old dog sank down by her feet ; the terriers scuttled off to rootle through the brushwood . |
| 9 | I pulled my boat near to the ship , then stood up to see through the cabin window . |
| 10 | No drive , no ambition ; the team was just turning up to go through the motions ; and behind the scenes , lots of devious insider stuff . ’ |
| 11 | He checked the bathroom and kitchen and only then stood up to look through the windows to be certain that no one had made a run for the trees . |
| 12 | I hold them up to look through the paper . |
| 13 | I went back to look through the view-panel , an felt my stomach go into zerograv . |
| 14 | Thus , for example , if people believe that the stock market is about to go through a period of ‘ boom ’ with share prices going up rapidly , they will switch some of their wealth into stocks and shares . |
| 15 | A special accolade for Stefan , that prodigy of a man who virtually single-handed got everything together on time , and then , just as he was about to go through the orchestra door he saw Madge Grimsilk , the headdress of a rat under her arm , hurrying up to the wings . |
| 16 | It 's remarkable how similar an owl hooting can sound to a homicidal , horny-clawed , hairy , fanged demon from the bowels of hell about to rip through the canvas and tear your throat out with a gurgling , raspy cackle . |
| 17 | Charlie was only a yard behind them , and was about to charge through a gap in the barrier when Tommy overtook him . |