Example sentences of "be [verb] through [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually the largest bars are broken through at intervals by tidal inlets especially where powerful rivers reach the coast . |
| 2 | the folded sections of a book are stabbed through with wire staples at the binding edge , prior to the covers being drawn on . |
| 3 | Government by minority is usually bad government ; in no truly democratic country could a disaster like the poll tax have been pushed through in defiance of public opinion , wasting billions of pounds and causing misery to millions of people . |
| 4 | Ninth-century annals and histories deal directly with public affairs and provide a more or less reliable framework of political events ; but they too are shot through with perceptions of the miraculous , and they are , at the same time , highly personal works ( as historical writing usually is ) , full of bias and image-making , whether written ( as many were ) for the king 's entourage , or for an audience far away from the court . |
| 5 | All of these descriptions are shot through with implications of reasoning from means to ends ; for human beings to perform similar actions would , under normal circumstances , be to act purposively , with conscious intent . |
| 6 | Such dilemmas show how these issues and decisions — and the stance which we take on them — are shot through with value judgements about what is ‘ best ’ and ‘ justifiable ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're soaked through with sweat , right enough . |
| 8 | Also if you 're moving through to Wardington on the 361 , resurfacing again has left some temporary traffic lights , that 's just to the north of Banbury there , between in fact Banbury and the Daventry road . |
| 9 | And if you 're coming through from Lancaster , you know , as soon a it 's a far old drag in n it ? |
| 10 | ‘ If John Barnes had been going through on goal and he was brought down by John Humphrey , he would have been sent off . |
| 11 | All the discussion seems to show that the same attitudes are coming through in society . |
| 12 | Over the coming months , the cuts in interest rates since last September will be filtering through to homeowners ' pockets , and this should help to lift consumer confidence , Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel , said yesterday . |
| 13 | If we can get them lined up at the entrance , they should be sucked through like water through a plug hole . |
| 14 | Some activities , distribution , haulage , advertising and marketing , may be carried through by specialist firms who also provide these services for other industries . |
| 15 | Schools were given pin numbers so that results could be phoned through to Newsround Results Hotline . |
| 16 | Items for the What 's on column are inserted free and can be phoned through to Ken on ( 0504 ) 41131 , faxed to 311273 or left at the offices of the Belfast Telegraph , 37 Glendermott Road . |
| 17 | Items for the daily What 's On column are inserted free of charge and can be phoned through to Ken on ( 0504 ) 41131 , fax ( 0504 ) 311273 or left at the offices of the Belfast Telegraph , 37 Glendermott Road , Waterside , up to 5pm on the day before publication . |
| 18 | Radical plans for the railway network will be pushed through in parallel with the continuation of the huge road-building programme . |
| 19 | Investors in soon-to-mature MTNs could be first in line for payment if the deal with GE Capital can be pushed through in time . |
| 20 | As Maggie 's talking to me I mean you can see like my here I mean I 've got all sorts , as you would use that , those pages for , there 's notes as I 'm going through of things that we were doing and er the university and , and everything like that and there 's other parts of it that , I mean the , the things that you would come back to and elaborate more on |
| 21 | Hope to see you soon — I 'll be coming through for Janet 's and Nick 's leaving ceilidh on the Renfrew Ferry on the 2nd , so will maybe see you there ? |
| 22 | Opposition Members have said that the council tax is too complex and difficult to be rushed through in time for 1 April 1993 . |
| 23 | He asked to be put through to Alexandra 's desk and was disconcerted when the voice wanted to know who was calling . |
| 24 | If you should ever telephone the University , there 's a pretty fair chance that you 'll be put through to Jenny . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , like all the other times I 've spoken to you , I 'd like to be put through to Mr Roirbak . ’ |
| 26 | These should be worked through in order before attempting the multiple choice questionnaire on Part 4 . |
| 27 | Although corporacy and good relations were thought to be important , both sides acknowledged that conflicts of interest were bound to happen which had to be worked through by negotiation and bargaining . |
| 28 | had terminating at Tooting Junction , only one was to be extended through to Mitcham and it would not be practicable for the cars on the other two to change over to trolley operation for such a short distance . |
| 29 | The system operates rather like an ‘ electronic reference book ’ , whose data-filled pages can be read through by means of a hand-held signalling device pointed at , or linked to , a specially adapted television receiver . |
| 30 | Mr Bergg said he did not want to see law breaking but he believed home owners should use the system to insist on fair valuations which had not been rushed through by estate agents . |