Example sentences of "go to the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the bedroom above she dropped the linen onto a chair ; then , going to the window , she stood looking out , as she usually did , over the chimney pots towards the river . |
| 2 | He was still visibly shaken when he entered his own room where , going to the window , he placed both hands on the sill and bowed his head . |
| 3 | So she waited , pacing about her room and going to the window every other minute to look across the harbour at the carrack which lay at anchor a cable or so from the town landing stage . |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's my only chance of life ! ’ she cried , jumping out of bed and going to the window . |
| 5 | I doubt that she 'll ever go upstairs again , ’ he added , going to the window and pushing aside the long red drapes . |
| 6 | Going to the window , she added , ‘ Yes — a man … |
| 7 | He was too tired to go to the window again , and did not know now what he wanted to see on the other side of the glass . |
| 8 | She goes to the window , treating the rugs spread on the sanded and waxed pine floorboards as stepping-stones , pulls back the curtain , and peers out . |
| 9 | He goes to the window , and fiddles with the angle of the louvred blinds . |
| 10 | a. a man and woman sitting in the living room + the woman sitting reading quite happily — the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window + and gets himself ready and goes out + |
| 11 | and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window … and goes out + goes to his goes to a club + has a drink talks to the barman |
| 12 | When the hearer hears goes to the window , he assumes it is ‘ the window ’ in that same ‘ living room ’ which has already been mentioned , and he assumes that the man ‘ goes to the window ’ on the same occasion , within minutes of the original setting ‘ sitting in the living room ’ . |
| 13 | When the hearer hears goes to the window , he assumes it is ‘ the window ’ in that same ‘ living room ’ which has already been mentioned , and he assumes that the man ‘ goes to the window ’ on the same occasion , within minutes of the original setting ‘ sitting in the living room ’ . |
| 14 | ( 29 ) a man and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window … goes out … goes to a club |
| 15 | We suggested that goes to the window will be interpreted as meaning that ‘ he goes to the window in the living room ’ , whereas goes to a club will be interpreted as meaning ‘ goes to a club in the same town ’ , i.e. not ‘ in the living room ’ , nor even ‘ in the same house ’ . |
| 16 | We suggested that goes to the window will be interpreted as meaning that ‘ he goes to the window in the living room ’ , whereas goes to a club will be interpreted as meaning ‘ goes to a club in the same town ’ , i.e. not ‘ in the living room ’ , nor even ‘ in the same house ’ . |
| 17 | On the first morning one of them gets up , goes to the window , draws the curtain , and sniffs ostentatiously . |
| 18 | Jack dabbed at his chin again and went to the window to watch for Charlie . |
| 19 | Then Lee went to the window . |
| 20 | She had watched him carefully , almost lovingly , as he went to the window . |
| 21 | He went to the window , where the daylight was already fading , and looked out between the vertical louvres of the blind . |
| 22 | Instead , she went to the window and stood looking out at the vast starry sky . |
| 23 | Unfortunately for him , the lady 's husband had also spotted his illicit signalling from the bedroom and grabbing his machine-gun he went to the window and shot the hang-glider pilot and all out of the sky in a hail of bullets . |
| 24 | Jack eventually got up just before dawn , and went to the window . |
| 25 | She went to the window , that window , ’ and he pointed to the french windows that led out on to the terrace . |
| 26 | He got up and went to the window , looking out into his garden . |
| 27 | She put her needle and thread neatly away in her sewing box , brushed stray cotton threads from her skirt and went to the window to draw the curtains , before preparing supper . |
| 28 | He got up slowly from his chair to stretch himself and went to the window , overlooking the back car lot . |
| 29 | I went to the window . |
| 30 | I got up to get some water and went to the window . |