Example sentences of "[conj] looked out [prep] the window " in BNC.
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1 | She wanted to bike along the road for a swim but after she finished dressing she simply sat on the edge of the bath and looked out of the window . |
2 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
3 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |
4 | She turned away and looked out of the window . |
5 | He sighed and looked out of the window . |
6 | Thomas turned and looked out of the window . |
7 | I turned and looked out of the window again . |
8 | Even Helen , who looked around at everything with great sympathetic curiosity and could usually be relied upon for cheer and irritating opinion , said nothing but ‘ yum-yum ’ twice and looked out of the window . |
9 | Maud went rushing off down the corridor , but Mildred stopped and looked out of the window to see if there was any evidence of fire . |
10 | I walked over and looked out of the window into the yard below where several of the neighbours were looking up at me . |
11 | The Wisharts read the remaining news in their papers and looked out of the window , the old lady was still silent and motionless . |
12 | Jazzbeaux turned away and looked out of the window . |
13 | The children read , played games and looked out of the window ; they complained about the hardness of the seats and squabbled . |
14 | Maura sat back in her chair and looked out of the window to the side of her . |
15 | He sat and looked out of the window , which commanded a view of the harbour entrance . |
16 | She saw us as allies and babbled to us in a mixture of French and Arabic throughout the hymns , then sighed loudly and looked out of the window as the prayers droned on . |
17 | She frowned and looked out of the window . |
18 | It was easy to do , as she shivered and looked out of the window at the thick snow that reflected the street lights upwards . |
19 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
20 | Bob drew the curtain to one side and looked out of the window . |
21 | Sometimes I stopped reading and looked out of the window . |
22 | Edward took off his shoes and looked out of the window . |
23 | Mrs Simpson turned her face and looked out of the window . |
24 | He stopped talking and looked out of the window . |
25 | The apothecary turned and looked out of the window . |
26 | His master got up and looked out of the window . |
27 | She sat in the armchair and looked out of the window . |
28 | After a while he stopped and looked out of the window remembering what Canaris had said about Hitler . |
29 | Sophie agreed and looked out of the window . |