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 staggered through the second act . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I reckon I 've got him sussed , ’ Candy announced triumphantly as they drove through the empty late-night streets towards Candy 's flat . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | They drove through the dreadful remains of a recent battle , the desert littered with burned-out vehicles and smashed equipment . |
| 12 | Derelict , he had thought when they drove through the main street . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | From there they moved on into the Cambrian mountains ; and for three days they toiled through the worst storms of the year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They walked through the Haunted House . |
| 18 | " 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 . " |
| 19 | They walked through the palatial foyer , then took the chairman 's lift up to the top floor . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They walked through the silent , icy streets into Flete Lane , near Holyrood Walk , where the widow lived . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 24 | They sweated through the insect-loud afternoon , while the sun shone . |
| 25 | They survived through the sheer size of their rent rolls . |
| 26 | They trooped through the sunlit darkness , keeping close together , and came out halfway up the hill on to the slope where the blackberries grew . |
| 27 | They broke through the upper windows and tumbled down in the middle of us . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |