Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries they were channelled through the Justice of the Forest . |
| 2 | If you pay for the glasses yourself , you ca n't apply for a refund afterwards ( even if you were entitled to a voucher ) unless they were prescribed through the Hospital Eye Service . |
| 3 | Many passengers suffered broken bones or concussion as they were flung through the car . |
| 4 | In verse fourteen and fifteen , Jesus uses an illustration that Nicodemus would have been very familiar with , it was back in th in the ancient history of the nation of Israel , when they were wandering through the wilderness and he says , just as Moses a , way back there on that occasion lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , there had been this plague , if if you have plagues of serpent , there had been this plague of serpents , and they 'd bitten the people and they were dying like flies and Moses comes to God , he says what are you gon na do ? |
| 5 | they were chased through the town in Torquay until it ran off the pier and drowned in the sea . |
| 6 | They were walking through the village . |
| 7 | Since the American slump that created a space for Henry VIII and some of Korda 's succeeding films quickly passed , subsequent pictures had to be not just good , but exceptional , if they were to break through the resistance or American audiences to foreign films . |
| 8 | They were working through the buildings quickly and , as far as he could tell , efficiently . |
| 9 | The Tree Spirits of the ancient Wolfwood were awake and they were creeping through the darkening forest towards them . |
| 10 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 11 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 12 | Hands still bound behind their backs , they were hustled through the gateway . |
| 13 | They were once so poverty-stricken they were known through the valley of the Tees as people who ‘ christened calves , hoppled lops and knee-banded spiders ’ That meant they could afford so few cattle that each one had a name ( a tradition perpetuated by Hannah. ) , and lops ( lice ) and spiders had their legs tied together to prevent them running away |
| 14 | At the end of the show they were racing through the theatre in search of parents and relations . ’ |
| 15 | Now they were racing through the inner-city suburbs on slick rails . |
| 16 | There was an unheard babble of excited conversation and now they were hurrying through the rain towards the car . |
| 17 | They were streaming through the connecting door , muttering discontentedly and clutching their books and papers as they looked hopelessly around for somewhere to sit . |
| 18 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 19 | It was as the pair of them were passing through the doorway into the hall that Jake turned for a moment to catch Shiona 's eye . |
| 20 | The sick who had no one to tend them were spread through the inner , inhabited core of the city , in the monasteries , in the hospice of the Knights of St John with their double chapels . |