Example sentences of "[v-ing] in through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 4 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 7 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 8 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 9 | and peering in through the front door |
| 10 | The rooms seemed bare , she thought , peering in through the dusty panes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The scents of the garden , blowing in through the open window , had removed the last trace of stuffiness from the room . |
| 13 | Or was it the east wind blowing in through the open bell tower with renewed force ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 16 | In addition to the students coming in through the normal channels , two non-uniform routes have emerged during the eighties . |
| 17 | I thought we were going to have a visitor coming in through the back door . |
| 18 | She had been waiting on Dreadnought to watch the water coming in through the main leak . |
| 19 | A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes . |
| 20 | A heavy south easterly swell rolling in through the wide sounds to the north of Bressay threw Venturous on her beam ends several times , so much so that fuel oil spilled over through the deck breather pipes . |
| 21 | Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room . |
| 22 | The long oak refectory table gleamed with polish , and the comfortable sofas and deep armchairs were covered in pale , ice-cream colours of blue , pink and green , in cool contrast to the brilliant rays of the midday sun , now streaming in through the large windows . |