Example sentences of "get through [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used not to matter , because they dredged a deep-water channel from Emmerton to here , to let the ships get through to the port . |
| 2 | Even if the phone was answered , the client might not get through to the person he wanted . |
| 3 | How many times during a day do we actually get through to the person we need to speak to ? |
| 4 | Anyway , Reverend William Lee , his son and his brother , went over to France to see if Henry , King Henry of France could help him er but before he could get through to the court there King Henry died and then William Lee died without seeing his machine come to any sort of commercial fruition . |
| 5 | a ) Only a small proportion of the sun 's UV rays can penetrate the ozone layer in the stratosphere. b ) Some CFCs destroy ozone making a hole and also thinning the ozone layer so large amounts of UV radiation can get through to the Earth . |
| 6 | Private investors would only be in an equally good position as institutions if they owned Topic screens and could get through on the phone to their broker as quickly as the big fund manager . |
| 7 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
| 8 | but it looked black from up there , so I er opened the window and rattled the venetian blind and I thought you 'd 've heard that erm and it shot out there , whether it went underneath the gate , can they get through under the gate ? |
| 9 | Er , those who erm , those who did n't get through by the way , obviously er , er , a quick jot at lunch time before you troll down the road . |