Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] out at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
| 3 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 4 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 5 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I went to the window and looked out at the rain and the clouds . |
| 13 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
| 14 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
| 15 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 16 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 17 | He put down his pen and stared out at the Britches , which shifted gently and continuously in the light wind . |
| 18 | I drink my whisky and look out at the inky loch . |
| 19 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 20 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 21 | There is just time to lift the curtain and peep out at the scene in the street , then to dash upstairs , stand on the bathroom stool and see what the picture is like from that angle . |
| 22 | The work reported in this thesis was sponsored by General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation plc and carried out at the Medical Research Council 's Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge and I thank Alan Baddeley and all at the unit for making the work possible . |
| 23 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 24 | It was one of those nights for Swindon … player manager Glenn Hoddle pulled a muscle in the kick-in and dropped out at the last minute … and with David Kerslake having gone to Leeds the defence looked a little shaky … |
| 25 | It was one of those nights for Swindon … player manager Glenn Hoddle pulled a muscle in the kick-in and dropped out at the last minute … and with David Kerslake having gone to Leeds the defence looked a little shaky … |
| 26 | He drew deeply on the cigarette and stared out at the darkening sea . |
| 27 | Elisabeth knelt on the window-seat and looked out at the ancient trees through the columns of the colonnade . |
| 28 | Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard . |
| 29 | The figure in the painting spoke of the human spirit and looked out at the world with a serene timelessness , and eyes that knew the great gift of being a master and an artist . |
| 30 | His bid started to go wrong at the 12th hole and spluttered out at the 17th , the Road Hole , where many an aspiration had been snuffed out in the past . |