Example sentences of "he [vb past] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They crossed over quietly enough , Athelstan smiling as he passed through the gateway at the far end on to Fish Street Hill . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He passed through the lane at half-past one this morning , on his way home . |
| 5 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 6 | There had been some kind of vast domed hall as he passed through the Gates ; he thought there had been colours within the light then , and he had received a dim impression of a far-off vaulted ceiling . |
| 7 | Isay followed him unquestioningly as always when he passed through the gates of the Rorim proper to the open space beyond . |
| 8 | As he passed through the doorway , he heard his bus go grinding by the church and away up the hill . |
| 9 | When he passed through the doorway and closed the door behind him Paige could scarcely credit what had happened . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He passed through the archway in the garden wall of Sea House , opening the white iron gate and leaving it open . |
| 12 | In 1878 he tramped through the Cevennes with a donkey named Modestine and discovered the delights of Travels with a Donkey . |
| 13 | He grazed through the streets as if he were some sort of god , head and shoulders above everyone . |
| 14 | He tumbled through the air and stopped . |
| 15 | Owen and Adam came running to meet the little priest as soon as he rode through the gate and paced wearily into the stable-yard . |
| 16 | Perhaps the only thing that kept Dauntless Javelot from perishing of dreariness and despair was the fact that no matter how long he rode through the forest , he never seemed to visit the same place twice . |
| 17 | He sprinted through the defence from halfway after a quickly taken penalty , and Aldred 's conversion put Collegians 10-9 ahead . |
| 18 | She 'ave ter goo , ’ she stormed as soon as he got through the door . |
| 19 | He got through the meal . |
| 20 | He materialised through the wood grain opposite a junk box in York Crown Court . |
| 21 | Standing up , he gazed through the window at the massive gritstone ridge which stood against the sky on the other side of the main dale . |
| 22 | He read through the note again , frowning . |
| 23 | Always immaculately dressed , he was remembered for his invariable courtesy and charm as he moved through the hotel bars and restaurants of cosmopolitan wartime Cairo . |
| 24 | Taking her arm , he slowed his pace a little , but still he moved through the darkness with the absolute confidence of some night creature . |
| 25 | He moved through the gate , taking his hat from the counter . |
| 26 | He moved through the crowd with that long , prowling stride , the aura of leashed danger about him causing other men to make way automatically . |
| 27 | He moved through the crowd as the noise restarted . |
| 28 | He peered through the glass at the top of the door . |
| 29 | The Delta Elite was ready as he peered through the gap . |
| 30 | As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life . |