Example sentences of "[verb] through the night " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the one who feeds to routine , sleeps through the night at a fortnight old , gains weight at the average rate and does n't get a spotty face the day before he 's due to have his photo taken . |
| 2 | In the sleeper compartment of a train speeding through the night a youth crouches over a naked woman he has drugged with a hypodermic syringe . |
| 3 | Before long we were speeding through the night towards Joyce 's Country , County Galway . |
| 4 | While this was being organised , the sheriff 's car , Springfield at the wheel , was speeding through the night towards Rockford and beyond , heading for Dawson County Hospital . |
| 5 | Roped perilously to the ice face , the German pair drowsed through the night . |
| 6 | But , before he could speak , the sound of Doreen 's voice floated through the night . |
| 7 | We had to allow the party to continue through the night . ’ . |
| 8 | Peter had only just begun to go through the night without demanding a feed . |
| 9 | But Charles could prove himself a good lord : when his fidelis ( faithful man ) Adalgar was captured by Charles 's half-sister ( she supported her full brother Lothar in the fraternal conflict of 841 ) and taken to her stronghold of Laon , Charles rode through the night with a small retinue to achieve Adalgar 's release . |
| 10 | And in further contrast , miles from anywhere , the odd experience of driving through the night with flames licking through the forest on either side of the long deserted road . |
| 11 | Do you mind driving through the night ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The worst time was driving through the night as we approached Nice at 3am . |
| 13 | Between your legs the silver comets spiral through the night , I lose myself , he says … he says … how beautiful you are Maggie and how beautiful life ought to be with you . |
| 14 | She lingers through the night : Charles and Tom ( who is in love with her ) wait in the hospital . |
| 15 | Behind them torches were bobbing through the night . |
| 16 | Friends of hers who already have babies tend to speak frankly and moan openly , with a lengthy litany of ‘ nevers ’ : ‘ You 'll never go out for an impromptu evening … sleep through the night … read a book in the bath … go to the loo in peace again ! ’ |
| 17 | The first two were Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak , ornate with fabulous wide-mouthed forest monsters and small plump boys fallling through the night devoured by dough . |
| 18 | Teams of journalists , just about to go home around l0 p.m. , were told to work through the night as fresh editions were prepared for issue as late as S a.m . |
| 19 | William had not been happy at having to work through the night and at weekends and the tasks he had had to perform were not always pleasant . |
| 20 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |
| 21 | It is not natural to work through the night shift , I 've worked it , there is no way of starting a week without your Er I 've slept a night before , somewhere at the weekend , when the day comes , but you 've got to go the next night to work . |
| 22 | Only her light appears on ‘ the tossing hills ’ and she is the only important figure streaking through the night air . |
| 23 | He drove through the night to Wick intending to cross the Pentland Firth in a small private plane . |
| 24 | He refused , so after a visit to the General Hospital , almost empty of patients and deserted by Burmese staff , with the remaining civilian doctors and sisters about to leave , I set off sadly with several stragglers and drove through the night to Prome . |
| 25 | As he drove through the night , heading back to London , Newman was anxious to get clear of Hauser 's ‘ province ’ . |
| 26 | As he drove through the night Patrick was kept alert by the feel of Chris 's fingers on his thigh . |
| 27 | They drove through the night to start unloading at the Apollo the following lunchtime . |
| 28 | As soon as her mind registered what it had seen she jumped away from the car door , a scream issuing from her that cut through the night air . |
| 29 | Nearly 100 police , mountain rescue teams and volunteers searched through the night after Lauren went missing from a playground in Preston , Lancs . |
| 30 | ‘ We shall celebrate through the night . |