Example sentences of "through [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first appointment was in Leeds as a poor law surgeon , which he later described as ‘ an ordeal all the medical men of the town go through as the high road to better practice ’ . |
| 2 | Good news for teachers and pupils alike , information is beginning to trickle through about the new Rock School Ltd graded examinations for guitar , drums and bass . |
| 3 | When the trees are coated in ice the bird is unable to break through for the life-sustaining food which it so desperately needs . |
| 4 | Pickering lost the ball on the edge of his own area allowing Gooding to thread the ball through for the unchallenged Maskell to shoot home . |
| 5 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 6 | Take him through into the private suite and get one of the stewards to look after him . |
| 7 | Now if there should be a hole , or a thin place , inviting him through into the plenteous cover of the orchard , and the solitary shed in its far corner … |
| 8 | Would you mind taking them through into the third-class refreshment room ? ’ |
| 9 | Geographical proximity meant that these relations have continued to be of crucial importance through into the post-1945 period . |
| 10 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 11 | 4 Place the new roll on the reel/spindle , feed the end through into the receipt-holder section and make sure that it will run smoothly . |
| 12 | Cars , bridges , roads , factories : we need to step through into the modern age . ’ |
| 13 | He went through into the marbled bathroom and stood there in the shower , letting the cold , hard jets of water purge him . |
| 14 | She moaned his name and he swept her into his arms , moving through into the lamplit bedroom and undressing her quickly . |
| 15 | Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises . |
| 16 | The squad , which will benefit from fitness and training programmes set up by recently appointed British Athletics Olympic National Coach , Frank Dick , is to be coached by former British No. 6 Teresa Catlin , and is seen as being a vehicle that will give youngsters the opportunity to feed through into the Main squad . |
| 17 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 18 | Forester checked the drawers and cupboards before he moved through into the main room . |
| 19 | Dragging it open , Grant stepped quickly through into the clear air beyond and pulled the heavy door shut behind him , blotting out the smoke and heat . |
| 20 | The agricultural past thus shows through into the urban present . |
| 21 | But this time we learned from our mistake , went after them with everything we had got and just pushed them through into the open sea . ’ |
| 22 | Ah well sure but then the whole lot goes , but , but , but , but , but this was , this was the document , I mean the way this was put forward , this is going to last us through into the foreseeable future . |
| 23 | Anglo-Scots had a theory — perhaps justified by Bridie 's remark — that they had to be twice as good as a home-bred player to break through into the national team , whereas those North of the Border believed the corollary . |
| 24 | Thérèse flew at the washing-up while Léonie clattered coffee and tisane on to the silver tray and took it through into the white salon . |
| 25 | She watched as Simon wandered on through into the all-white kitchen , the door swinging shut behind him . |
| 26 | Rank was so convinced that making expensive films was the way to break through into the American market that he made no attempt to rein back costs . |
| 27 | Early government line , from Michael Portillo , the Treasury chief secretary , to Widdecombe , was that there was categorically no special help and that price rises would ‘ by the normal route feed through into the retail price index ’ . |
| 28 | With a couple of tins in her arms she rolled through into the whirling darkness of the antarctic night and pegged the billowing plastic down with a handful of icy stones . |
| 29 | But besides this more obvious point , there are subtler connections between voice and body : Cicely Berry observes that ‘ an introverted and thoughtful person often finds more difficulty in speaking and does not carry the thought through into the physical process of making speech ’ . |
| 30 | Carson tucked the diaries under his arm and went through into the empty lounge . |