Example sentences of "[vb past] and [vb past] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rose and stared through the window to the hills outside , to the sea running gently into the embracing arms of the bay . |
| 2 | The two men rose and went through the minister 's anteroom into his main office . |
| 3 | The sudden birth of birds left her exhausted , watching as they fled and fidgeted through the canopy , upwards , to the brighter light . |
| 4 | Before the Soviet revolution of 1917 , one approached and rode through the groves in silence lest the gods and spirits of the woods be offended . |
| 5 | Behind him the dragon roared and crashed through the bushes as it tried to turn around , but Hrun was running , running , with his gaze fixed on Liartes and a dead branch in his hands . |
| 6 | ( The Beans always came and went through the kitchen . ) |
| 7 | After resetting the rearview mirror , he turned and looked through the back window toward the entrance to the compound . |
| 8 | She backed off , then turned and ran through the wood . |
| 9 | Rainwater flurried and troughed through the cracks . |
| 10 | I nodded and went through the crowd towards the dome car . |
| 11 | They skidded and slid down Montrose Street past the Maternity Hospital , they shoved and jostled through the Candleriggs , blocking traffic in front of the Sheriff Court ; they poured past the great arches of St Enoch 's , Central , and Queen Street Stations , filling the Square to overflowing . |
| 12 | I went and looked through the gap in the curtains . |
| 13 | Back across the road I went and peeped through the gap . |
| 14 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 15 | I dressed and rushed through the streets to Dana 's place , and after prolonged hammering on his door managed to wake him and tell him the news . |
| 16 | When she turned and saw the sheet spread out on the ground she smiled and scuttled through the dust on her heels till she was next to him . |
| 17 | He paused and looked through the microscope again , this time at the print taken from Paula Wilson . |
| 18 | Margaret shrugged and sauntered through the door . |
| 19 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 20 | Helen stood and watched through the binoculars . |
| 21 | She sat and glared through the windscreen , expecting any minute to see him coming back , but there was no sign of him . |
| 22 | Some how it clipped and swerved and went through the hedge and smashed up . |