Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] 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 | Restlessly , she rose again and continued on around the house , following a cool stone path that seemed to be sloping down through the lush growth of shrubs and trees . |
| 4 | Beyond the houses the lane became a rough track crossing a bridge towards the forestry development , climbing up through the young trees of the forestry and out on to open country towards the summit of Shunner Fell , where , after much bog-trotting and splashing about , we hit the line of ash palings that had been laid down here to stop further erosion of the Pennine Way but which had very largely sunk into the bog . |
| 5 | Ruth asked one afternoon as they sprawled under a shady carob tree , hot and exhausted after climbing up through the narrow streets of a village to find a goat track that led up a hillside to a secluded olive grove . |
| 6 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 7 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I lay there , looking up through the jungly grass to the sky . |
| 10 | Looking back through the old progs I do n't see much sign of Forrester at all ! |
| 11 | Rohmer was already pushing out through the front door after Duvall . |
| 12 | And do n't forget I want you to demonstrate listening back through the open question through the questions . |
| 13 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 14 | Small though he was , he carried her over his shoulder , passing back through the frozen forest to the snow field beyond . |
| 15 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 16 | He had been pacing the room with slow majestic energy ending by peering down through the venetian blind at Madison below . |
| 17 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 18 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 19 | and peering in through the front door |
| 20 | The rooms seemed bare , she thought , peering in through the dusty panes . |
| 21 | He had long ago noticed that if you stared at a customs officer when going out through the green channel , the customs officer stopped you . |
| 22 | Trent crossed to a window , peering out through the heart-shaped decoration cut in the shutter . |
| 23 | I held the bars until the nausea left me , pouring out through the restraining iron and into the open air . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ he said , skipping on through the amateur boxing and back around to the broadcast channels again . |
| 25 | Decentralization from the inner parts of cities accelerated from about 1960 , affecting the largest places first and then spreading down through the urban hierarchy . |
| 26 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 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 | And cutting down through the rising rock , the Indus carries away from the Himalayan region five million tonnes of earthen debris every day . |