'V through n' - Construction 4
| Name: | the comb through something construction |
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| Description: | A person examines something in a thorough way. |
| Verbs: | comb, go, plough, pore, rake, rifle, sift, sort, trawl, wade |
| Example: | …the exercise of combing through reports of parliamentary proceedings… (BNC) |
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