Example sentences of "in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't wear muddy hunting boots if I was going to climb in through a bedroom window and murder a lady , ’ said Ethel . |
| 2 | The chimps ' individuality has always delighted and fascinated her , and Jomeo and Gigi , two full-blown eccentrics , are given a chapter each in Through a Window . |
| 3 | Perhaps he was in cahoots with the one who got in through a skylark ? |
| 4 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A deadlock can only be opened with a key so a thief can not smash a pane of glass and open the door ; or if he gets in through a window , he ca n't carry your property out through the door . |
| 7 | Summoning up all her courage , she keeked in through a window and was startled to see a pair of large horns . |
| 8 | I drive in through a side entrance of the Royal Academy and queue , surrounded by other artists . |
| 9 | ‘ Mind this patch , it 's slippery , ’ Weasel warned as he traversed a landing where snow had drifted in through a broken skylight . |
| 10 | If a burglar breaks in through a window , he will want to open the door so that he can carry the television out to his vehicle . |
| 11 | Ten thousand couples joined in through a TVlink-up with five other countries . |
| 12 | The sunshine was pouring in through a high window on the right , warming a square of the dark red polished floor and making the rest of the room look gloomy by comparison . |
| 13 | ‘ I had help getting in here , ’ Hari said quickly , ‘ I did n't get in through a bolted door on my own now , did I ? ’ |
| 14 | Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house . |
| 15 | Ask around among advertising writers and you will find they have got in through a dozen different doors : journalism , the entertainment business , being secretaries , or just by having a go . |
| 16 | In the end , I got in through a hole in the side , but it was n't easy . |
| 17 | ‘ I tried the bell at the front , ’ Pete said as they went in through a whitewashed scullery . |
| 18 | He got in through a half-closed larder window . |
| 19 | And if you were caught letting somebody in through a ground floor window about eleven o'clock a night , that , that was it . |
| 20 | A lay brother let us in through a postern gate where others took care of our horses and baggage . |
| 21 | Two robbers both with guns had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him . |
| 22 | He ran across the empty alley between the tumbledown buildings and squeezed his way in through a crack in the sagging door . |
| 23 | They turned in through a pair of eagle-mounted gateposts , then at the end of a long driveway at last drew to a halt . |
| 24 | ‘ My housekeeper will know where the first-aid equipment is , ’ he clipped , and piloted her through a passageway , and in through a solid wooden door . |
| 25 | But on the night of January 1st , thieves crept in through a back door and took £30,000 worth of family heirlooms , including two trophies won by the stud farm nearly a century ago : |
| 26 | He was disturbed when his 2 attackers crashed in through a back door . |
| 27 | Two robbers , both with guns , had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The pair had been trapped in an upstairs ' room until firefighters smashed their way in through a window and led them to safety down a ladder . |
| 30 | Intruders at the Bull and Dog pub in Greatham , near Hartlepool , stole £920 from the vending and gaming machines after getting in through a groundfloor window . |