Example sentences of "in [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He ran across the empty alley between the tumbledown buildings and squeezed his way in through a crack in the sagging door . |
2 | Ten thousand couples joined in through a TVlink-up with five other countries . |
3 | In the end , I got in through a hole in the side , but it was n't easy . |
4 | He is still taking medication for injuries to his hand caused by the extreme cold blowing in through a hole in the fuselage during a ten-hour flight . |
5 | They turned in through a pair of eagle-mounted gateposts , then at the end of a long driveway at last drew to a halt . |
6 | He ran across the key , bandoleer slapping his chest , gun held at the port , and reached the beach in time to see Baccy ease the patrol boat in through a gap in the reef . |
7 | Moments later there was an almighty crash and a head flew in through the door of the hangar and bounced across the floor . |
8 | Ven offered as they walked in through the door of his suite . |
9 | Spittals ' hands glowed from the diligent rubbing he was applying to them as she came in through the door at ten o'clock . |
10 | Just coming in through the door at that very minute was Detective-Constable Edwards . |
11 | Now these houses were of the kind that when you walk in through the door at the front you go into a l sitting room , through the next door is what can be a kitchen cum living room , and the staircase is n't immediately obvious but what it is is it 's a door that looks like a cupboard . |
12 | There were no windows and only a trickle of light came in through the door behind him . |
13 | It was a great relief to him when she stumbled in through the door in a flurry of snow and he set to and made a cup of tea to warm her . |
14 | Bias may creep in through the wording of questions ( which may be ambiguous , unintelligible or suggestive of a particular answer ) , through the careless recording of answers , through the interviewer 's ( perhaps unwitting ) influence over response-patterns and through a general failure of the interviewer to establish the kind of rapport with the respondent that enables him or her to give truthful answers on personal matters . |
15 | Dogs can easily leap over it or get in through the hedge on the south side . |
16 | Goods brought in through the Port of London were widely distributed by way of the River Thames and the Grand Union Canal which linked to the Midlands . |
17 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
18 | He flew to a dead branch , paused for a moment , and then darted in through the hole of the nest box . |
19 | As you inhale , imagine you are drawing energy from this source of light , in through the top of your head and out through your hands and feet as you exhale . |
20 | The sample from Tornewton came from the cave of that name ( Sutcliffe & Zeuner , 1962 ) , and the owl was roosting in an overhead tree and dropping its pellets in through the top of the cave ( see p. 96 ) . |
21 | Bees fly in through the windows on hot afternoons , zig-zag across the house , and disappear through the open front door . |
22 | They walked briskly over to the two cars and Plumpton bent down and peered in through the windows of the Mini . |
23 | Slowly struggling up from the depths of deep unconsciousness , Laura flicked open her eyelids , only to shut them firmly again as she winced at the brilliant sunshine flooding in through the windows of the bedroom . |
24 | ‘ 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 . |
25 | Just then Uncle Alfred and Sylvia Swan arrived and peeped in through the gate at the happy crowd . |
26 | In one case the Divisional Court held that assault was committed where a woman was frightened by the sight of a man looking in through the window of her house , although there seems to have been little suggestion that the man was threatening to apply force either immediately or at all . |
27 | The light poured in through the window of our room . |
28 | Lee remembered when a sparrow had flown in through the window of her bedroom when she was a child . |
29 | Tick crept in through the window of the dining-room and surprised Lady Laetitia Winthrop playing at her virginals ( a likely story ) . |
30 | He 'll end up running after her along the platform , bundling books and plaice and Government papers in through the window of the carriage at her as the train moves out … |