Example sentences of "[adv prt] through the open [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window .
2 The scents of the garden , blowing in through the open window , had removed the last trace of stuffiness from the room .
3 The wind , being drawn in through the open window , lifted the fibrous material on the top of my head so the Sun could heal the brick-shaped gash .
4 come in through the open window , rape her ,
5 A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare .
6 ‘ Make foreign things work for China ’ , ran one slogan but it recognised that ‘ flies and pests ’ would come in through the open door as well as fresh air to revitalise the stuffy atmosphere in China .
7 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 .
8 In through the open door came Marco 's parrot , chirping merrily .
9 Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair .
10 Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room .
11 Or was it the east wind blowing in through the open bell tower with renewed force ?
12 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 .
13 A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes .
14 Its sensuous aroma drifted in through the open sun-roof , provoking a little series of painful memories of country walks in Oxfordshire with Mortimer …
15 Just lob one down through the open top of the cab , will you ? ’
16 Then , with an uncaring smile , he strode off through the open doorway .
17 It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course .
18 Later in the evening the sound of loud laughter wafted up through the open window , and even snatches of a song .
19 The light from a standard lamp caught the hair bubbling up through the open neck of his shirt and on the backs of his arms .
20 And do n't forget I want you to demonstrate listening back through the open question through the questions .
21 Pamela smiled serenely out through the open door towards the swimming pool .
22 Jane nodded quickly and Patrick immediately dashed through the kitchen , squeezed Jane 's should as he passed , and was then out through the open door .
23 The water sluiced out through the open door carrying all before it : cigarette packets , banana skins , the shells of nuts , an old shoe .
24 Matilda turned away from him and walked out through the open front-door .
25 Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts ’ heads and into their
26 A cloud of cigarette smoke hangs over the group , slowly wafting over the television set and out through the open window .
27 She had found him sitting there , hunched up on his bed , his arms wrapped about his knees , staring out through the open window at the bay .
28 He closed the door and leaned out through the open window as he started the engine , but his look was for Marc .
29 THE ELBOW was propped on a window sill as a woman stuck her head out through the open casement .
30 The gun roared angrily again and the inoffensive family man slumped sideways against the treacherous door , minus the top of his skull , which had been blasted out through the open side window .
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