Example sentences of "[verb] in through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 2 | Tick crept in through the window of the dining-room and surprised Lady Laetitia Winthrop playing at her virginals ( a likely story ) . |
| 3 | And then , as the pale light of morning crept in through the window , she was awoken by the feel of his mouth on her breasts . |
| 4 | He came back , and he had been very quick , with an umbrella from which , as he plunged in through the swing door , he was tearing the plastic wrapping . |
| 5 | Lee remembered when a sparrow had flown in through the window of her bedroom when she was a child . |
| 6 | Erm , but we are n't going to the sort of , end of degree , that er , I say this , and then you sort of enter stage left and say this , and I respond like this , and then erm , something else happens , and then somebody comes crashing in through the door . |
| 7 | Somebody 'd broke in , got in through the bedroom winder . |
| 8 | The DHAC and NILP supporters sought to get back into the chamber ; finding the doors locked , they got in through the mayor 's parlour and were joined in the gallery by Alderman Hegarty and Councillor Friel . |
| 9 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 10 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 11 | ‘ I came to wake you , and I got in through the bathroom , which you forgot to lock . ’ |
| 12 | I got in through the back gate without being challenged . |
| 13 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 14 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 15 | The grinning face of the fairground boy leers in through the wire . |
| 16 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 17 | She knew it would be tantamount to suicide to try to go in through the open doorway so she made her way cautiously around the side of the building , careful to duck low enough under the shattered windows to avoid detection . |
| 18 | The rear window of one of the shops looked out over poor Mary 's deposited remains and Martin had to go in through the narrow entrance to flash his lamp on it . |
| 19 | The sensation of " facial vision " , it turns out , really goes in through the ears . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'll not find it easy to get the keys from old Joanna , ’ Rhodri remarked with malice , as they passed in through the archway and continued along the town walls . |
| 21 | She slipped through the bushes alongside the sorry procession until they passed in through the lower guard of the castle , and disappeared up the tree-shrouded ramp . |
| 22 | Anxiety fluttered deep inside her stomach , like thousands of tiny moths , but then they rode in through the north gate of the city and the clamorous bustle of the narrow , crowded streets assaulted her senses . |
| 23 | Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window . |
| 24 | Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was cold , too , an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall . |
| 28 | The light had almost gone from the day now and the forest was becoming bathed in soft , subtle hues of the Purple Hour , Dark blue and turquoise light slanted in through the trees , turning the Wolfwood to a place of dark secret shadows and heavy ancient magic . |
| 29 | It turned out to have come in through the curved zip which is unprotected by a weather flap . |
| 30 | Ronnie must have come in through the yard door without her knowing … |