Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Restlessly , she rose again and continued on around the house , following a cool stone path that seemed to be sloping down through the lush growth of shrubs and trees . |
4 | Beyond the houses the lane became a rough track crossing a bridge towards the forestry development , climbing up through the young trees of the forestry and out on to open country towards the summit of Shunner Fell , where , after much bog-trotting and splashing about , we hit the line of ash palings that had been laid down here to stop further erosion of the Pennine Way but which had very largely sunk into the bog . |
5 | Ruth asked one afternoon as they sprawled under a shady carob tree , hot and exhausted after climbing up through the narrow streets of a village to find a goat track that led up a hillside to a secluded olive grove . |
6 | Prowling on through the foul open area , wrapped in such pleasant fantasies , I almost failed to see the furtive movement on the edge of my vision . |
7 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
8 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
9 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
10 | I lay there , looking up through the jungly grass to the sky . |
11 | Looking back through the old progs I do n't see much sign of Forrester at all ! |
12 | Rohmer was already pushing out through the front door after Duvall . |
13 | And do n't forget I want you to demonstrate listening back through the open question through the questions . |
14 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
15 | Small though he was , he carried her over his shoulder , passing back through the frozen forest to the snow field beyond . |
16 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | He had been pacing the room with slow majestic energy ending by peering down through the venetian blind at Madison below . |
19 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
20 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
21 | and peering in through the front door |
22 | The rooms seemed bare , she thought , peering in through the dusty panes . |
23 | He had long ago noticed that if you stared at a customs officer when going out through the green channel , the customs officer stopped you . |
24 | Trent crossed to a window , peering out through the heart-shaped decoration cut in the shutter . |
25 | I held the bars until the nausea left me , pouring out through the restraining iron and into the open air . |
26 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ he said , skipping on through the amateur boxing and back around to the broadcast channels again . |
27 | Decentralization from the inner parts of cities accelerated from about 1960 , affecting the largest places first and then spreading down through the urban hierarchy . |
28 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
29 | It has been suggested that starting in mid Devonian times and continuing on through the Carboniferous , a mid European ocean of uncertain width extended roughly along the line of the English Channel and then on eastwards into the European continent . |
30 | The authorities warned young people about the ‘ unhealthy winds ’ blowing in through the open door , such as sexual promiscuity , pornography and prostitution , homosexuality , alcohol abuse and drugs . |