Example sentences of "i [verb] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I , I mean through the nineteen fifties there is a reasonable measure of co-operation between the Russians and the Chinese and then from the beginning of the nineteen sixties and onwards there is conflict between Russia and China . |
| 2 | It was certainly taller than the other buildings in Anani 's main street and , despite its shabby exterior , I could sense the air of warmth and welcome the moment I passed through the front door . |
| 3 | When MacMinimum and I rode through the next day , they were pulling the walls down and even uprooting the foundations . |
| 4 | The door was still locked and , when I peered through the shuttered windows , I could see no sign of candlelight . |
| 5 | Settling myself on the wooden bench I peered through the open slit . |
| 6 | One night , bumping into the doorway , and stepping over a colleague , I made my way out into the sleet , the toilets all being occupied , and as I crouched , steadying my cheek against the cold planks , I peered through the reeking shadows of Auschwitz and saw that the nearest ruins were fuming more than ever and had even begun to glow . |
| 7 | When she left in the evening , I wandered through the great empty building . |
| 8 | I do not know how I came through the next few months — but , yes , I do . |
| 9 | When it began to grow dark I noticed through the little connecting window that he did n't put his light on ; this alarmed me , somehow . |
| 10 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 11 | I pass through the small valley between the ruins , through a field where a group of women and children are shearing the small island sheep . |
| 12 | I walked through the outer office where five or six guys were crouched over stacks of official-looking paper . |
| 13 | It did n't , I did and clad in my cagoule , glasses steamed up , and mouthing curses at the weather , I walked through the grey rain to Attermire and back to Malham . |
| 14 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 15 | I walked through the big , wide classroom door , and into the hall which always reminded me of the giant 's room in ‘ Jack and the Beanstalk ’ . |
| 16 | I blundered through the dark forest bumping into tree trunks and stumbling over roots . |
| 17 | Just then I glanced through the little bedroom window and saw all the women and kids still hanging about outside . |
| 18 | The Nova comes with a map ; I drive through the neat little lanes and some straighter , faster roads , feeling even in those few miles that the place is too damn clean and twee and crowded after the West Highlands . |
| 19 | I trek through the rubber-tread corridors |
| 20 | At other points I broke through the top surface into icy , powder snow below . |
| 21 | I know plenty of good places to take a thirst and was reviewing the list mentally as I rolled through the great iron gates . |
| 22 | I stared through the bleak darkness . |
| 23 | I go through the front room and then I get to this room [ the ‘ breakfast ’ room ] and I do the lunch washing up then , and I wait till they go to bed to put the hoover over this room and polish round . |
| 24 | Erm improving market share , well all of our businesses have improved their market share during this recession and I 'll , I 'll mention them as I go through the individual companies . |
| 25 | Can I go through the front door like that ? |
| 26 | Yeah , I did , went , I went through the blue , then we flew too Melbourne see eh , one of her friends and stayed with her , like they 've got trams there , went too the Great Barrier Reef where the water plane . |
| 27 | I went through the first pile , which seemed mainly to be stock orders from golf professionals around the country , and started on the next tray . |
| 28 | I went through the proper process and the local MP er , er MP for Labour , did n't know much about it , and he referred it to the Postmaster General , I think it is , who took three months to answer . |
| 29 | Again I went through the same reception , being sort of frisked , getting undressed , doing a twizzle , seeing the doctor , having a bath . |
| 30 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |