Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grabbed Joseph roughly by the shoulder as the boy peered in at the window , and pulled him away . |
| 2 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 3 | Times I 've , I 've sat up at the window trying to wa watch her coming round two o'clock in the morning hoping that he 's fallen asleep down in the armchair . |
| 4 | There seemed to be a child 's face looking in at the window . |
| 5 | " You did n't mind me looking in at the window , Stephen ? |
| 6 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 7 | She stood on the pavement looking up at the windows of their kitchen on the third floor . |
| 8 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ he replied , looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 10 | He did not say that a week ago the boy had been standing under the monkey-puzzle in the middle of the night , looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 11 | She said she wanted Timothy Gedge to stop looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 12 | He made his way round the side of the house , peering in at the windows , noting that some dishes , though washed , had been left on the draining board . |
| 13 | I look up at the windows . |
| 14 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 15 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 16 | It 's as if he still lives there , so when I go past I look up at the window I 'd put him in . |
| 17 | He usually sits up at the window . |
| 18 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 19 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 20 | He glanced out at the window at the oak tree where Rachel and his son were buried . |
| 21 | Theda came to herself to find that she lay in a large four-poster bed , with the curtains drawn back , and the weak autumn sun coming in at the windows . |
| 22 | The voice of Miss Norman , the games teacher , drifted in at the window now and again . |
| 23 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 24 | He looked up at the windows of the house . |
| 25 | He looked up at the window of the nearest compartment . |
| 26 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
| 27 | When she looked back at the window there was the face again ; but it was attempting now to smile . |
| 28 | The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room . |
| 29 | And the princess herself sat up at the window of the tower , watching . |
| 30 | Recognising his friend , Snappy jumped up at the window and barked . |