Example sentences of "he [verb] through [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , shortly after the Electricity Act received the royal assent , in September 1947 , Attlee appointed Gaitskell as Minister in his place , and it therefore fell to him to carry through the Government 's work of nationalisation by completing the appointments to the Boards and the working out of the new relationship of Ministry and BEA .
2 She breathed relief and opened her eyes just in time to see him disappear through the wire gate .
3 Then at the last minute she swung round , her heart bursting inside her , just in time to see him disappear through the terrace doors .
4 He did n't want anyone to see him walking through the theatre .
5 The bedroom door was pushed right back and , from where she was lying stretched out on her reclining chair , Bella could see him climbing through the window .
6 Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame .
7 He got up , flung the strange , savage robe around his shoulders again and went into the other room where she heard him shouting through the door " Is that little matter sorted out yet , at the Dog and Gun ? "
8 They kept him going through the night but his editorial judgment was rarely at fault .
9 In this instant , a stronger bit might help with the strong horse to stop him running through the rider 's hand .
10 I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first .
11 I saw him go through the gate into the woods … ’
12 Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress .
13 He was the owner and shipmaster of the Russell , and when he was n't off at sea ( which was usually ) she sometimes saw him striding through the village with Mr Bryant , a gentleman from Plymouth who went on voyages as navigator with him .
14 As a boy he lived through a Depression inside an industrial monster clanking and heaving its passage through an increasingly ungrateful century .
15 A SCHOOLBOY escaped severe injury last night when he plunged through a skylight and crashed on to a bed .
16 He flies through the air with the greatest of ease , that daring young man is his … top secret experimental jet fighter ?
17 Subject : He flies through the air with greatest of ease
18 Subject : Re : He flies through the air with greatest of ease
19 The hijacker has told US officials he put the pistol under his hat and placed the hat on a table as he passed through a metal detector .
20 Then , gripping it , he passed through the rustle of the reed jalousie hanging in the doorway into the small interior , where Sycorax lay on her side , collapsed on the beaten earth like a child 's poppet made from plaited grass , with Ariel on her haunches beside her , head sunk on her knees , a fan fallen to the ground beside her .
21 They crossed over quietly enough , Athelstan smiling as he passed through the gateway at the far end on to Fish Street Hill .
22 He said how he had noticed the barometer as he passed through the sitting-room on his way to the kitchen where the meters were .
23 He passed through the lane at half-past one this morning , on his way home .
24 ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall .
25 As he passed through the doorway , he heard his bus go grinding by the church and away up the hill .
26 When he passed through the doorway and closed the door behind him Paige could scarcely credit what had happened .
27 As he passed through the light spilling into the inn-yard from one of the windows , a voice from a deep , shadowed doorway called , ‘ Hello , Seb .
28 He passed through the archway in the garden wall of Sea House , opening the white iron gate and leaving it open .
29 He passed through an opening in a wooden fence into the yard , which was lit only by the light from within the house .
30 And changing places with Ian Healy at tea , he skidded through a top-spinner to trap Warwickshire batsman Trevor Penney lbw with only his sixth delivery .
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