Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] of the window " in BNC.

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1 I 'll get out of the window .
2 He then followed Duncan through the small terminal to where they could look out of the window at the tarmac ramp , on to the military side , where Duncan had seen the transporter .
3 With my head turned sideways I could see out of the window and through the house to Willesden Sports Centre where a Sunday league football team was working out .
4 Because he had not bothered to draw the curtains there was a trembling mosaic of light on the ceiling reflected from the water outside and , by sitting up in bed , he could see out of the window across the harbour to Flushing .
5 The two-lane road was winding its way sometimes so close to the sparkling sea that Gina felt she could lean out of the window and dabble her hand in it .
6 If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything .
7 Is not it a fact that the Labour party would throw out of the window all the grant-maintained schools and return them to the control of its friends in the town halls ?
8 And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine …
9 I would look out of the window at the blue sky and the cypresses and the sea , and pray for the day 's end , when I could retire to the masters ' wing , lie back on my bed and sip an ouzo .
10 While we were outside , the duty Corporal was doing the rounds of the barrack rooms , checking for cleanliness and tidiness ; every two or three minutes a pair of boots would sail out of the window , or there would be the sound of a locker crashing to the floor .
11 During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television .
12 Driving round Piccadilly Circus in a taxi he would screech out of the window , ‘ I 'm the Queen of England but I ca n't remember which . ’
13 would go out of the window , staff would be working what hours , whatever hours were necessary
14 He talks about the process of putting the smoke into houses through the letter box and how smoke would come out of the window or door .
15 The boot is big , the kids can see out of the windows and the heat/vent/demisting is brilliant , as are the sound system and cruise control .
16 If Serafin is astute he asks what you can see out of the windows .
17 In winter you can look out of the window and tell it 's 2°C outside .
18 As we work , we can look out of the window now and then and see the students doing physical exercises and practising sports for the sports day on Monday — they 're very keen on physical jerks here , and at Peking we used to be woken up at 7 a.m. to find the Chinese staff doing P.E .
19 my duty is remitted , and I can look out of the windows .
20 He can get out of the window , but how can he get across to the fire escape ? ’
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