Example sentences of "[vb past] through the open [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She tottered through the open door .
2 On the half-hour Gascoigne , put through by Thomas , meandered through the open gate of Tranmere 's back yard to take the lead with a low , hard shot into the right-hand corner .
3 ‘ I must see Mr Devereux right away , ’ Barak announced through the open driver 's window .
4 Lastly , he and Massingham passed through the open door to the right of the fireplace , careful not to brush against Harry 's body , and explored the kitchen .
5 He staggered through the open doorway , into the painted freezer , feeling his knees giving out with each inept step .
6 She peered through the open door .
7 Settling myself on the wooden bench I peered through the open slit .
8 Billie shouted through the open window .
9 The snake looked at him with its two small cold eyes , and moved through the open mouth and went round and round the neck , and stopped .
10 She bolted through the open door , and all the time dreaded the touch of his hand on her shoulder , stopping her .
11 I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night .
12 A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony .
13 The two boys , shrieking excitedly , chased it around the terrace , panicking it further , and to escape them it darted through the open doors into the palais .
14 When he reappeared she gestured through the open door .
15 Only the wind made a sound as it streamed along the sides of the Rover and poured through the open windows .
16 He yelled through the open stableyard door for three horses to be saddled , two for himself and one for Lieutenant Doggett .
17 She walked through the open window to the balcony .
18 When he saw the room was empty he turned and walked through the open doorway of Johnny 's room , searching .
19 Without waiting to see if the young servant materialised , Theodora and Treadwell stepped through the open door and into the freedom of the outside world .
20 Kāli and Hārkini were huddled together in the corner of the room where sunlight flooded through the open doorway .
21 She touched Joanna 's arm in warning , feeling the other girl stiffen as she , too , glanced through the open door .
22 She glanced through the open gateway , her attention caught by the tramp of boots .
23 ‘ Where d' ya wan na go , bub ? ’ he called through the open window .
24 Paulette cradled her cup of ale and stared through the open door into the stableyard where chickens pecked at oats and Sharpe 's dog twitched in exhausted sleep .
25 As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the open doorway , the newly-plastered room looked as though it had been covered in the night by a fine layer of pinkish-buff snow .
26 A cold breeze blew through the open door , stirring the fire so the flames shot up , flickering brightly .
27 Rajiv Gandhi , his car bouncing towards a rally in Sriperumbudur in southern India , was covered in garlands by hands that reached through the open window .
28 Immediately he disappeared through the open window .
29 A cool breeze drifted through the open window , carrying with it the sound of water trickling softly from the old stone fountain they 'd painstakingly renovated in the inner courtyard .
30 Anne was chopping mint at the kitchen table and the sound of the Salvation Army band playing as usual on the corner of the street drifted through the open window .
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