Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 3 | " I 'm afraid of what she 'll do , " the man says when I was looking in through the window , and then the other woman goes up to him and starts loving him . |
| 4 | She realised with a slight shock that she was staring straight at a man who was looking in through the shop window , staring back . |
| 5 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 6 | A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows . |
| 7 | A rain waterpipe burst and water was coming in through the kitchen ceiling . |
| 8 | A little grey light was coming in through the window . |
| 9 | When she woke , it was late and the sun was coming in through the greasy , grey window . |
| 10 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 11 | A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes . |
| 12 | I was welcomed in through the front door almost before it was opened , and settled down in front of a Victorian stove that was brimming with hot coals . |
| 13 | The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the place up . |
| 14 | Warm autumn sunshine was streaming in through the kitchen window , and it was very quiet and tranquil . |
| 15 | When Caroline awakened , the sun was streaming in through the windows . |