Example sentences of "he [prep] the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a wider public , both inside and outside the University , are grateful to him for the windows he has opened up to them , through his recent chairmanship of the Friends of the Welsh National Opera , through his talks and articles , and above all through his learned , wise and witty discourses on Wagner . |
| 2 | as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows . |
| 3 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 4 | Claire watched him through the window , lifting the lace curtain as he had done . |
| 5 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 6 | Oliver was very surprised ; this was the same man he had bumped into once outside a pub , and seen another time with Fagin , looking in at him through the window of the country cottage . |
| 7 | Well did n't you wave to him through the window ? |
| 8 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 9 | By this time , she was too weak from hunger and thirst to call to him from the window . |
| 10 | Nobody looked at him from the windows . |
| 11 | Whoever was inside could have seen him from the windows . |
| 12 | She spoke again , led him to the window and pointed . |
| 13 | Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window . |
| 14 | Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window . |
| 15 | His pain , a round , red , throbbing presence , sat beside him at the window enjoying the spectacle . |
| 16 | He had seen a face watching him at the window and he had recognized it . |
| 17 | Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window . |
| 18 | I opened my eyes at fucking five to six and I could see him at the window Ken ran then across the road and he says Dawn your brother 's been trying to get in for ages . |