Example sentences of "and [verb] through the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first priority was to climb on to the rim of the sink and peer through the upper left-hand corner of the kitchen window . |
| 2 | ‘ Best hang tight to my arm , boy , ’ he yelled and together they leaned forward and tramped through the long wet grass to wrestle with the Littles ' gate . |
| 3 | Ruth hung back in the shadowy hallway and peered through the wide arched open front door , her heart beating so wildly she felt sick with it . |
| 4 | After a while I left the family room and wandered through the great central hall and on into the far side of the house , into Perkin 's workroom . |
| 5 | The stream , on its way to join the River Ure , has its origins on Abbotside Common and passes through the small hidden village of Cotterdale , a community unseen and unsuspected from the main road , the only access to it branching off as a gated strip of tarmac . |
| 6 | Between these two stable points the composition tilts and weaves through the various clustered groups and knots of interest , reaching its climax in the prostrate figure of Nelson . |
| 7 | She picked up her two large suitcases and walked through the small cool ticket office on to the station forecourt . |
| 8 | Bees fly in through the windows on hot afternoons , zig-zag across the house , and disappear through the open front door . |
| 9 | Outside , the early sun slanted across the mountains and filtered through the delicate green tracery of the forest . |
| 10 | He walked to the chair and looked through the grubby net curtain . |
| 11 | This team effort involved all five shifts and cut through the 10-year old manufacturing practices . |
| 12 | Many people took this game of make-believe to fantastic lengths and went through the whole elaborate business of a preparation for escape without the slightest real intention of ever carrying it out . |
| 13 | The hue is also associated with bravery and sacrifice through the symbolic red poppy , but change the red 's warmth or intensity and it becomes explosive , signalling danger . |
| 14 | There is a shortage of industrial sites in the South-east of England and rentals are now coming up after lagging behind offices and housing through the late 1980s . |
| 15 | Mary went downstairs and wandered through the great empty gardens . |
| 16 | Children 's grasp of these knotty subjects is monitored and tested through the four Key Stages ( aged 5-7 , 8-11 , 12-14 and 15-16 ) of their educational career . |
| 17 | I have argued that , in this modern capitalist context , the basic coding of behaviour concerns attitudes to monetary exchange and operates through the following paired oppositions : |
| 18 | Then with a couple of brief nods at them both , he crossed the saloon and left through the other double doors . |