Example sentences of "[adv prt] through the trees " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as they continued on through the trees to the fort at Ballingolin , with the blackbirds chittering and the smoke from turf fires coming from the farmhouse inside the castle walls , Gerald Hussey broke the news to his daughter that she would be leaving Ireland . |
| 2 | She walks on through the trees , while he capers at her side , an unlikely jester . |
| 3 | The light had almost gone from the day now and the forest was becoming bathed in soft , subtle hues of the Purple Hour , Dark blue and turquoise light slanted in through the trees , turning the Wolfwood to a place of dark secret shadows and heavy ancient magic . |
| 4 | And that was a delightful and most alarming sensation , when the long , airy arms of the West Wind reached down through the trees and caught him up , and the leaves were all shivering and clattering and trembling with her passing , and the straws danced before the house and the dust rose and flew about in little earth-fountains . |
| 5 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 6 | The men immediately set off in one direction , scrambling down through the trees and undergrowth towards the subsidiary valley where the shot had sounded . |
| 7 | The barking was getting closer by the second and we could hear the hunters whistling and shouting orders to the dogs , and the sound of the boar scrunching dried leaves and snapping dead branches as it hurtled down through the trees . |
| 8 | The snow was falling in earnest as we wound our way down through the trees , and the rich colours of the forest — the pine-green and henna-red bracken — were rapidly fading to ashen . |
| 9 | So they risked all , and late one night when she heard a low whistle she rose from her straw pallet in the lower scullery and crept out of the house ; and when Tristram had climbed over the wall , she gave herself to him there on the midnight grass with the summer moon blazing down through the trees and the scent of honey wafting up from the silent hives . |
| 10 | The hotel lies at the foot of a steep road which leads down through the trees from the main road . |
| 11 | Meg looked down through the trees . |
| 12 | So she ran down through the trees and caught up with the old woman just as she was about to start off across the marsh . |
| 13 | As the first grey slivers of dawn were filtering down through the trees , Roger Forester climbed stiffly from his hire car and stood on the track beside it , stretching his sore limbs and trying to beat some warmth into himself . |
| 14 | Then , he had become aware of a gout of light pouring down through the trees , and an ache of green against his eyes . |
| 15 | The road continues past the buildings and after ¾ mile the trail runs off through the trees to the forest perimeter . |
| 16 | Mahmud bathed from the stern of the boat and then went off through the trees to buy some food from a nearby village . |
| 17 | I crossed the gravel and started idly off through the trees to the east . |
| 18 | Pointer set off through the trees with a loping stride . |
| 19 | ‘ Look ! ’ he said , gazing up through the trees . |
| 20 | This walk takes you through the Whinlatter Forest and up through the trees to the top of Grisedale Pike at 2,593ft . |
| 21 | Suragai came up through the trees . |
| 22 | Walking in the Ash Grove at L. I look up through the trees . |
| 23 | I slipped in by the cemetery gate , as I left , and he went up through the trees to the path by which he had made his way to join me . |
| 24 | The stars and a thin crescent moon shed just enough light to show where the path led up through the trees . |
| 25 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 26 | The three horses on the highway had been caught and tethered by the time Michael came back through the trees , leading the roan . |
| 27 | Then the big grey monster ran back through the trees , jumped at me and knocked me down . |
| 28 | There was a yell , and then Burun came trotting back through the trees . |
| 29 | In one of the big rooms at the front of the house , Meg stood beside one of the huge , open shutters , staring out through the trees at the river . |