Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pers pn] through [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 2 | He sees it through a glass , sentimentally , romantically ; it is either too pretty or too brutal ; it lacks ordinariness . |
| 3 | You like yams ? ’ he asks as he hurries me through the West Indian greengrocer 's and out the back . |
| 4 | Although the minister is uniquely and personally responsible to Parliament for everything — everything , that is , outside clinical decisions — which is done or left undone in the health service , he administers it through a hierarchy of non-elective bodies on which the professions are strongly represented and are influential more than in proportion to their numbers . |
| 5 | At the same time , where the same aspect appears both in his tradition and in others , he interprets it through the ears of the former . |
| 6 | He pokes it through the bottom of the popcorn box they share . |
| 7 | I look back through my tears at Andy , who 's following , looking desperate and uncertain , biting on one knuckle as he follows us through the bushes . |
| 8 | Well he does it through the skin by sweating . |
| 9 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 10 | ‘ He talks me through the game . |
| 11 | Teaming up with the Unanimous Decision Crew he talks us through a languid groove based story of how ‘ hard it is for a black man to get a job ’ , ‘ If you 're black , what 's your destination ? ’ he enquires . |
| 12 | She inches to the edge of the bed , he follows ; she lies on her back , his hand attempts to part her furiously dry lips ; she wraps herself in the sheet , the tense warmth of his body suffocates her doubly ; she leaps up and goes to the lavatory , he watches her through the glass wall . |
| 13 | I says , ‘ It 's a 7-iron , ’ thinking , ‘ This is where we came in ! ’ , and he hits it through the back of the green . |