Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light from a standard lamp caught the hair bubbling up through the open neck of his shirt and on the backs of his arms . |
| 2 | Hark at the wind coming in through the |
| 3 | In the summer , with the sun slanting in through the window , with the deep tan wallpaper , and the overall colour scheme of tan and creams , it looked lovely , but in the depths of winter it looked vaguely soiled , and depressingly dull . |
| 4 | Those wonderful mornings in summer when the larks rose high over the mountains and you woke to the sound of cowbells and the sun streaming in through the window ? |
| 5 | Suddenly they were in a huge , enchanting sitting-room , with the sun pouring in through the open French windows that gave a magnificent view out over the bay . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Or it could be the boy going down through the field and scaring them . |
| 8 | She had been waiting on Dreadnought to watch the water coming in through the main leak . |
| 9 | Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room . |
| 10 | The draught coming in through the ventilation ducts made it tremble continuously . |
| 11 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 12 | Damian stood against the sunlight flooding in through the windows , his hands thrust in his grey trouser pockets , the silver watch-chain across his powerful chest reflecting light . |
| 13 | Safe in the central eye of the storm , they had ten or fifteen minutes in which to reach the comparative safety of the track leading up through the rain forest to the President 's cabin . |