Example sentences of "[vb infin] in through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was no key in the lock , so he could see in through the big old-fashioned key-hole . |
| 3 | At one end there are double doors , so that you can go in through the outer door and shut it before opening the inner door — which means there 's less chance of a bird escaping . |
| 4 | At the Conservative Party conference in October 1988 Mrs Thatcher stated : ‘ We have n't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels ’ . |
| 5 | It is quite normal for the male to have to stay outside and drive his milt in with beats of his tail , because he can not get in through the reduced entrance . |
| 6 | Well unfortunately if , if I did have a delivery of coal it would come in through the other entrance . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Did you see him come in through the back door ? ’ |
| 9 | I wandered one more time round the whole place , seeing the sunlight slant in through the barred unopenable windows ( which would keep people out as well as horses in ) , smelling the sweet hay and the faint musty odour of the horses themselves , feeling the swirls of fresh air coming from the rows of small ventilators along the roof , hearing the creaking and rushing noises in the car 's fabric and the grind of the electricity-generating wheels under the floor . |
| 10 | He thought of telling her that he was a friend but friends did n't dive in through the front door ; they did n't have blood on their wrists nor cuts all over their faces ; they did n't have a rope burn round their necks and they wore shirts , at least until they were properly introduced . |
| 11 | This has been pointed out by Lind ( 1983 : 271 ) , who adduces the following examples to show that there is " no correlation between active participation and omission of to " : ( 23 ) … he said briefly , helping me climb in through the rear window . |