Example sentences of "window and [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | One of the boys in the back wound down his window and spat on to the roadside . |
2 | Lord John Rossendale , elegantly handsome in white breeches and silk stockings , black dancing shoes , and a gold-frogged cutaway coat with a tall blue collar and twin epaulettes of gold chain , stood at the bedroom 's window and stared moodily at the Brussels rooftops . |
3 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
4 | He settled by the window and stared across at the red brick Communist club beyond the budding trees . |
5 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
6 | She rose from the bed where she had spread out the rosettes , strode to the window and stared down into the garden . |
7 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
8 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
9 | She rose and moved to the window and stared out into the silent square . |
10 | She moved to the window and stared out towards the sea , the moon lit the bay with pure light , the craggy rocks of Mumbles stood out dark against the sky . |
11 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
12 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
13 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
14 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
15 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
16 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
17 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
18 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
19 | He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave . |
20 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
21 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the courtyard below , busy with ambulances and patients clutching appointment cards as they peered hesitatingly at signs pointing the way to Casualty and X-ray and Outpatients , with the birdlike figures of caped nurses changing shifts , and the white coats of housemen hustling importantly from ward block to ward block . |
22 | I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night . |
23 | When he had finished , Bicker strode to the window and looked out at the tumbled clouds of the late day and the gathering darkness of the deserted hills . |
24 | I went to the window and looked out at the rain and the clouds . |
25 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
26 | She walked to the window and looked out into the dull afternoon light . |
27 | Forester had moved to the window and looked out into the yard where the two long-wheelbase Land Rovers stood side by side , somehow managing to be tough and elegant at the same time in their rough-country rig with full-length roof racks and mounted searchlights . |
28 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
29 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
30 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |