Example sentences of "window and [vb past] [adv prt] [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 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
3 | She rose from the bed where she had spread out the rosettes , strode to the window and stared down into the garden . |
4 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
5 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
6 | She rose and moved to the window and stared out into the silent square . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
10 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
11 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
12 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave . |
17 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | I went to the window and looked out at the rain and the clouds . |
22 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
23 | She walked to the window and looked out into the dull afternoon light . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
26 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
27 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
28 | He went to the window and looked down into the street . |
29 | Mum went over to my window and looked down at the street . |
30 | I lay on my bed with a computer magazine and , from time to time , went to the window and looked down at the darkened street . |