Example sentences of "in [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , two crews decided to run beyond the jetty and get in through the low reeds beyond a willow tree at then end of the jetty . |
| 2 | A heavy south easterly swell rolling in through the wide sounds to the north of Bressay threw Venturous on her beam ends several times , so much so that fuel oil spilled over through the deck breather pipes . |
| 3 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 4 | The first time she rang the bell and went in through the front doors of the elegant old house where the showrooms were situated ( Mattli had no rear entrance ) Paula felt she was stepping into the place of her dreams . |
| 5 | In addition to the students coming in through the normal channels , two non-uniform routes have emerged during the eighties . |
| 6 | The County Council has been very active in trying to find a way forward which retains the objective of relieving the A ten eighty eight of lorries , but reduces the rat run in through the small villages using what are no more than country lanes . |
| 7 | The rooms seemed bare , she thought , peering in through the dusty panes . |
| 8 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 9 | Without waiting for an answer , she piled into the back — ‘ Are n't there any seat-belts for the twins ? ’ — and Carol , determined to believe I did not exist , joined her , after loading something which I did n't see in through the rear doors . |
| 10 | Bleak dawn light filtered in through the grimy windows . |
| 11 | Back home , he dreamt , he filled the whole flat with buckets of earth , even filled soup dishes and the kettle and the wineglasses with soil , and spent hours watering them and moving them carefully around every day , carrying them from room to room so that they would be struck in turn by whatever sunshine came in through the different windows at different times of the day , making sure they were kept warm . |
| 12 | Other people were coming upstairs and going straight in through the double doors marked Wards 3 and 4 . |
| 13 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 14 | There was a layer of grey-blue smoke in the room at about shoulder level , and a big wave in it , probably produced by me as I came in through the double doors of the back porch . |
| 15 | The long oak refectory table gleamed with polish , and the comfortable sofas and deep armchairs were covered in pale , ice-cream colours of blue , pink and green , in cool contrast to the brilliant rays of the midday sun , now streaming in through the large windows . |
| 16 | She slunk in through the French windows , hoping to creep upstairs unseen . |
| 17 | Robyn followed as a determined Melissa led Luke , whose expression resembled that of a prisoner about to be given his last rites , across the field and in through the french windows . |
| 18 | First , the sight of one of the huntsmen galloping at full speed up the drive , over the bridge and in through the ornamental gates , throwing himself off his still cantering horse , and running into the house through one of the entrances below the main staircase . |
| 19 | By the 14th Serafin is being steered back across Whitehall , out of the pale sunshine , and in through the threatening corridors of the Cabinet Office towards these peaceful quarters at the rear , where rooms have already been quietly set aside for him . |
| 20 | The smell of the flowers came in through the open windows of the bus . |
| 21 | The tiny river sounds came in through the open hatches . |
| 22 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 23 | The premature declarations of imminent victory and raising of empty hopes contained the germ of the inevitable decline in confidence which set in during the following weeks , as the news from the eastern Front told a different story . |
| 24 | The Royal Duke was a fishermen 's pub with an afternoon trade from men who had brought their catch in during the small hours of the morning . |
| 25 | Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall . |
| 26 | Double glaze with bubble polythene to keep the warmth in during the coldest months . |
| 27 | This is almost certainly because the decision to send them in during the later stages of the accident was political ( western-made robots might have been used instead , had the new Soviet leader , one Mikhail Gorbachev , been willing to let the West learn the extent of the disaster ) . |
| 28 | Now they were in the home stretch , and Sir Ivor seemed hopelessly hemmed in as the American horses pushed for the wire . |
| 29 | Orders are already pouring in for the American-made scarves and bandanas that heat up when a liquid-filled pad is microwaved is placed into a pouch . |
| 30 | But for Hurricane Andrew' we would have reported a profit of almost $22m in the third quarter and a return to profitability in for the nine months . |