Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 2 | Then she opened the bedroom door and crept down through the dark , silent house . |
| 3 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 4 | In 1737–8 he served on a committee of the Goldsmiths ’ Company , promoting the Plate Offences Act , and moved up through the hierarchy of the court , only failing to serve as prime warden . |
| 5 | They were stopped at a sentry post to have passes checked and moved on through the wool of the fog , traffic sounds muted , an anguished cry from the Thames as a ship sounded its foghorn on the way down to the sea . |
| 6 | She led her horse to the very edge of the woodland , and peered out through the scrub at the rise of land before her . |
| 7 | They walked briskly over to the two cars and Plumpton bent down and peered in through the windows of the Mini . |
| 8 | At last , under the cover of a black moonless night , Grandfather Denknetzeyan stole over to the house and peered in through the kitchen window . |
| 9 | Bodie nodded towards the door of Flat 30 and Doyle stepped across to it , dropped to a crouch and peered in through the letterbox . |
| 10 | ’ Both of them recovered , and staggered on through the year . |
| 11 | Anderson chuckled goodbye and crashed on through the bushes , clink-clink-clinking in search of another rabbit hole . |
| 12 | Across the highway , the driver of the second rig swung his wheel hard over and accelerated in through the gap in the wake of the three fire tenders . |
| 13 | She held up her hand to him to say , " Wait while I see if it 's safe , " and darted back through the kitchen and into the house , listening in the big hall where suits of dull metal armour stood mutely by the heavy oak doors . |
| 14 | The recorded music can then be notated and played back through the sound card . |
| 15 | I stuffed it all into my pocket and raced back through the rain to the hotel , my hair in soggy fronds and my feet squelching . |
| 16 | Raiders lifted tiles and climbed in through the roof space to take the guns and 150 rounds of ammunition . |
| 17 | Raiders lifted tiles and climbed in through the roof space to take the guns and 150 rounds of ammunition . |
| 18 | I bade Jamie and his mother goodnight and walked on through the outskirts of town to the track heading for the island , then down the track in blackness , sometimes using my small torch , towards the bridge and the house . |
| 19 | She paid the bill and walked back through the dining car , drawing glances from the two men at the other end with the portable phones . |
| 20 | He parked his car and walked in through the yard . |
| 21 | He drew and sighted out through the window . |
| 22 | Instead , she rose smartly from her seat and stepped out through the doors as they opened . |
| 23 | It bucked wildly in the night sky , as if deciding whether or not Richard Branson had been lucky enough already , then righted itself and plied on through the night sky , swift and inviolate . |
| 24 | I stopped in the lane for a moment , as I often do , before I climbed the steps to the front door , and looked in through the windows . |
| 25 | McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley . |
| 26 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 27 | ‘ I ai n't bloody having that every time you two buggers get together mind , ’ he said , and went back through the bar flap . |
| 28 | ‘ But tonight , when I hit the snake on the rope , it was angry and went back through the air-vent . |
| 29 | He bumped into some people waiting to join the queue for the seats in the reception area ( ha ; he 'd got in just before the rush ! ) , and went out through the doors back to the street and the bright sunlight . |
| 30 | It all began in the early hours when it 's alleged the car failed to stop at a police check and sped off through the city centre and out along the Botley Road . |