Example sentences of "they [vb past] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They passed through the outer vestibule then under the fluted dome of the inner hall . |
| 2 | In America , partly because of more recycling , safeguards depended more on full accounting for the nuclear materials themselves as they passed through the long and complex procedures . |
| 3 | Before long , their confidence changed to an icy fear as they discerned through the enveloping fog the shape of a railway engine lit up by an eerie glowing aura . |
| 4 | They waded through the all-encroaching dust in a series of huge , dark-pillared halls which had been carved out of the solid rock . |
| 5 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 6 | Half running , half walking , they fled through the back garden , narrowly missing the Anderson , and threw themselves into the passage-way , the leaves swirling in after them . |
| 7 | As they drove through the frosty morning light along the winding borders of the lake and up , up , into the mountains , Jacob chatted to the chauffeur about his wife , Thérèse , about the forecast for skiing conditions , about Pilkou and Martine , the Princesse 's dogs . |
| 8 | ‘ I reckon I 've got him sussed , ’ Candy announced triumphantly as they drove through the empty late-night streets towards Candy 's flat . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know it was such a big place , ’ she said as they drove through the gaslit streets from the station in a hired carriage . |
| 10 | They drove through the dreadful remains of a recent battle , the desert littered with burned-out vehicles and smashed equipment . |
| 11 | Derelict , he had thought when they drove through the main street . |
| 12 | Ruth asked as they strolled through the formal gardens towards a flight of stone steps that led up to a forest of dense green pine trees offering shade and coolness . |
| 13 | In Castries they strolled through the busy streets , bought bread , cheese and fruit for a picnic , and drank iced rum under the shade of a café umbrella , where they amicably discussed St Lucia 's long tug-of-war between French and English , and tried to decipher the local French patois being spoken all around them . |
| 14 | They turned through the narrow Kendal Dyke into a lovely wilderness of reeds and water , sailed from one to another of the posts that mark the channel , came to a signpost standing not on land but out in the middle of the Sounds , read ‘ to Horsey ’ on one side of it , reached away through Meadow Dyke , so narrow that they could easily have jumped ashore , and came at last to the open Mere . |
| 15 | They walked through the Haunted House . |
| 16 | " I do n't think , " she said to Enid as they walked through the tall wrought-iron gates , " I do n't think I shall be coming to Kew ever again . " |
| 17 | They walked through the palatial foyer , then took the chairman 's lift up to the top floor . |
| 18 | They walked through the wild informal gardens , then through the allées of clipped hornbeam , then yew , to the rose garden , and on to the parterre , which had been planted with herbs , and — for the spring — wallflowers . |
| 19 | They walked through the silent , icy streets into Flete Lane , near Holyrood Walk , where the widow lived . |
| 20 | They walked through the blood-stained slush of the Shambles , holding their noses against the sickening putrid smells from the slaughter houses , and turned left into Old Deans Lane , a narrow alleyway ankle-deep in muck which ran between dark , overhanging houses . |
| 21 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 22 | They sweated through the insect-loud afternoon , while the sun shone . |
| 23 | They survived through the sheer size of their rent rolls . |
| 24 | They trooped through the sunlit darkness , keeping close together , and came out halfway up the hill on to the slope where the blackberries grew . |
| 25 | They broke through the upper windows and tumbled down in the middle of us . |
| 26 | Earlier this century they broke through the Liberal-Conservative two-party system without the help of proportional representation , and under the established electoral system they have been able to form governments on their own with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 27 | Tired as they were , they stumbled through the dark hours , picking themselves up when they fell , keeping up a pace that left no time for thought or speech . |
| 28 | At great length , and with considerable idealistic heart-searching , they worked through the various problems and anomalies of the paper in comparison with its rival newspapers . |
| 29 | " Your mother will tell you this evening , " he said , and the sound of the horses ' hooves echoed on flagstones as they went through the arched entrance into the yard . |
| 30 | A Vietnamese airport official said they went through the usual passport and customs procedures and then boarded buses to Soc San reception centre which was also the first stop for almost 600 boat people who returned voluntarily from Hong Kong earlier this year . |