Example sentences of "away [prep] [art] window " in BNC.

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1 But as they seized her by the mantle , she shook it from her shoulders , folded two of her children in her arms and floated away through a window , never more to be seen by her husband and the two children she had left behind .
2 Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden .
3 Tie bands hold curtains away from a window or door , allowing the fabric to fall in an attractive drape , while at the same time letting as much light as possible into a room .
4 When the Kurd talks to his mother in Teheran from the telephone in the common room , he can hear bullets being shot just outside her front door , and we hear him tell her to take the phone away from the window .
5 And now the great blade spun to a whine , while the black curtain fell away from the window , directing a blinding beam on to the bright , hungry teeth .
6 Alida Thorne turned away from the window with a pursed smile of pleasure .
7 Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk .
8 As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights .
9 Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit .
10 ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window .
11 The camcorder can then be operated from a position looking diagonally away from the window to face the subjects .
12 He turned away from the window abruptly , pulling himself together .
13 Claire turned away from the window .
14 He turned away from the window .
15 As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights .
16 The Major swung away from the window .
17 The bidding began and Emily turned away from the window , unable to watch .
18 She turned her armchair away from the window .
19 Susie turned away from the window .
20 Smiling at the idea , Katherine turned away from the window , unbuttoning the pyjamas , heading towards her bathroom .
21 Joseph moved away from the window .
22 The woman smiled , and moved away from the window .
23 It was when she turned away from the window that she saw it .
24 Sir Harold sat still , his eyes turned away from the window , his head full of old dreams .
25 She came away from the window and stood in front of me .
26 Evening after evening Father McGiff sat at his desk , ashamed of his indulgence , upbraiding himself for his inability to drag his eyes away from the window which , like some perverse crystal ball , conjured up only ghosts of the past instead of promises of the future .
27 Her cheeks burned and she turned away from the window .
28 She moved away from the window .
29 Reluctantly she turned away from the window .
30 My bed was on the other side of the room , away from the window , and so not quite as cold as Gav 's in the winter .
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