Example sentences of "[verb] in through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rear window of one of the shops looked out over poor Mary 's deposited remains and Martin had to go in through the narrow entrance to flash his lamp on it . |
| 2 | She knew it would be tantamount to suicide to try to go in through the open doorway so she made her way cautiously around the side of the building , careful to duck low enough under the shattered windows to avoid detection . |
| 3 | Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods . |
| 4 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 5 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 6 | It turned out to have come in through the curved zip which is unprotected by a weather flap . |
| 7 | Then , whilst resolutely throwing underconsumption out of the window he allows it to creep in through the back door again with his discursive discussion of the role of labour-power as a commodity and its place in the circulation process . |
| 8 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 9 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 10 | I could relive it every time I came in through the front door . |
| 11 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 12 | He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair . |
| 13 | He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out . |
| 14 | Her father came in through the back door . |
| 15 | The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window . |
| 16 | A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare . |
| 17 | She turned as two uniformed policemen came in through the main entrance . |
| 18 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
| 19 | The wind , being drawn in through the open window , lifted the fibrous material on the top of my head so the Sun could heal the brick-shaped gash . |
| 20 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 21 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 22 | Carefully she turned in through the wide hospital gates . |
| 23 | Rain now poured in through the broken window , the wind also whipping through , buffeting Julie as she moved across to the back door . |
| 24 | and peering in through the front door |
| 25 | The next morning , without seeing any of the family , who were heaven knew where , she made herself some breakfast under the smiling gaze of Rose or Mary — she did n't know which — and before she could get into a worry as to whether Feargal had meant his offer to take her to Carlingford he walked in through the back door . |
| 26 | The C130 Hercules of RAF Transport Command , markings hurriedly painted out , stood near the end of the runway , its engines running up as a car swung in through the raised barrier , and past the RAF Regiment guard . |
| 27 | The authorities warned young people about the ‘ unhealthy winds ’ blowing in through the open door , such as sexual promiscuity , pornography and prostitution , homosexuality , alcohol abuse and drugs . |
| 28 | The scents of the garden , blowing in through the open window , had removed the last trace of stuffiness from the room . |
| 29 | Or was it the east wind blowing in through the open bell tower with renewed force ? |
| 30 | Painfully , looking up at him , she saw a good strong profile , sandy hair tipped with gold from the sun coming in through the lace-curtained window . |