Example sentences of "window [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
| 2 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 3 | Through the window I could see a group of men walking away . |
| 4 | I was left in bed trying not to show how scared I was — shivering and wondering how long it would be before our own house caught fire , as from my window I could see the flames from the burning laundry , less than three hundred yards away . |
| 5 | Through the window I could see the rooftops of a grand old rococo building , an oriental fantasy of domes and cupolas . |
| 6 | The new stripped-pine floor vibrated ; through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road , the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging , escaping into the very centre of the earth . |
| 7 | Through the open window I could hear the two younger ones laughing at Hareton 's coarse way of speaking . |
| 8 | From the window I could see that the block on the far side to the right had had most of its front ripped off , and Eliot commented how odd and rather disturbing it was to see a bath on an upper storey sticking out into the void , as in a surrealist picture . |
| 9 | Now , I 'd let someone else do it , whilst I checked to see what window I could jump out of ! ) |
| 10 | Through the window I could see the remains of a meal on a table set for two . |
| 11 | Up at the pub window I could see Mr McIvory , the owner . |
| 12 | The two local policemen came around one day and suggested I place a red light in a window which could be seen by as many neighbours or passers-by as possible . |
| 13 | There was a wee window you could look into before you came to the back door and she was always sitting reading the paper . |
| 14 | From the window you could see one thin strip of blue between the houses opposite ; her view of the harbour . |
| 15 | I had an English teacher , every time she stood in front of the window you could see — ‘ |
| 16 | If you broke a window you could cut yourself , |
| 17 | From our bedroom window you could see one of the mountains . |
| 18 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 19 | It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees . |
| 20 | Peering through the kitchen window she could see the remains of three breakfasts and her daughter 's new green coat hanging on the back of the kitchen door . |
| 21 | From her bedroom window she could see the mountain rising up in a steep and slippery slope above a deep quarry , which had once been worked for limestone but had long since fallen into disuse . |
| 22 | Beneath her window she could see the white humps of the pot in her backyard — pots that in summer she filled with geraniums and petunias in an effort to bring some colour to the uniform greyness , beyond them the wall that bordered the yard was also white-crusted . |
| 23 | Through the window she could see the table set for the party . |
| 24 | Through the window she could see normal everyday activity around the lock . |
| 25 | Out of the window she could see her father sitting in the plastic chair by the pool . |
| 26 | From the window she could not see any trees or houses , only wild land , which looked like a kind of purple sea . |
| 27 | Outside the window she could hear a strong wind blowing . |
| 28 | From the front attic window we could see down the rue de Fleuve to the river . |
| 29 | From the window we could see to the right a barrel-organ with a small dog dressed as a clown , to the left a pile of rags heaped on the Métro ventilation grille . |
| 30 | Upstairs from our window we could see the two men at a soft drinks stall across the road . |