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 | In winter you can look out of the window and tell it 's 2°C outside . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | He can get out of the window , but how can he get across to the fire escape ? ’ |