Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] through [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The reforms of Joseph II ( 1780–90 ) , which were carried through in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , included a secularisation of education and the recognition of the rights of the Slav subjects of the Empire to instruct in their own language .
2 For some good reason no Hurricanes were available and orders were telephoned through for the Fulmars to get airborne and gain altitude over Hal Far .
3 And er then we were led through into the assembly area .
4 After we 'd sat and talked in Brian 's kitchen for a while , we were taken through to the falconry part of the house .
5 When I originally found the frame I thought how pretty it would look if the green of the surround was carried through to the mount and the colour of the picture .
6 Again the work was completed in Oxford , and was carried through by the leadership of a man who made no mistakes in seeking chemical collaboration or in letting matters drop for lack of it .
7 It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain .
8 The moment we had a gig , that city was faxed through to the record company marketing people .
9 Even though Geoff Cooke was appointed through to the World Cup , his was only a yearly ‘ contract ’ , and his position was reviewed by the RFU each year .
10 Usually enclosure was forced through at the instigation and will of the greater landowners .
11 When she was allowed through to the nave she discovered dancers rehearsing a performance and robed guides discouraging visitors from proceeding to the site of St Thomas 's shrine because their passage disturbed the troupe .
12 That was legislation was put through by the Liberals at the time , would it be ?
13 So Lewis drove down to the bottom of South Parks Road , where he was ushered through into the University Parks by a policeman on duty at the entrance to the single-track road which led down to the bathing area .
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