Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slipped through the bushes alongside the sorry procession until they passed in through the lower guard of the castle , and disappeared up the tree-shrouded ramp . |
| 2 | Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods . |
| 3 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 4 | We leaned on the railing , and peered down through the littered lattice of cross-angled trees , their backs broken in their last attempt to scramble up the cliff . |
| 5 | Eventually we moved off through the main gate of the camp to the Vorlager , or front camp , where the showers were situated . |
| 6 | Their chanting rose up through the vaulted roof of the Cistercian chapel . |
| 7 | Suddenly , as he peered out through the moisture-smeared pane , something near the base of the wall seized his attention : letters spray-painted in white on its blackened surface , forming words he could not , in that instant of recognition , quite believe . |
| 8 | Then , crouching down , I peered out through the pouring rain and saw such a sight as I will never forget . |
| 9 | I could relive it every time I came in through the front door . |
| 10 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out . |
| 13 | Her father came in through the back door . |
| 14 | The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She turned as two uniformed policemen came in through the main entrance . |
| 17 | Later in the evening the sound of loud laughter wafted up through the open window , and even snatches of a song . |
| 18 | He drove out through the unattended gateway , and joined the morning traffic on the airport perimeter road . |
| 19 | ‘ When we played MCC at Lord 's they had 10 county captains , if I remember rightly , and one player , J.W. Hearne , came out of the players ' gate , and the rest came out through the main entrance . |
| 20 | That was the last time that really hit me because if I 've got my facts correct , I think when we played England at Lord 's they all came out through the same gate , ’ Kerr said . |
| 21 | Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green meadowland to where a railway line wound like a serpent through a cutting at the foot . |
| 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 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 25 | Soon he had a strong fire going and the blue smoke pillared up through the young oak leaves . |
| 26 | They walked on through the driving rain . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She stepped down through the great door knowing , from long experience of the signs , that she would find a well kept and tended church . |
| 30 | The cart trundled off through the greasy water . |