Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grew bored , and gazed out of the window , at the fading winter light and the fluttering descent of the snow . |
| 2 | Iris yawned , put her hands behind her head and gazed out of the window . |
| 3 | With a hesitant smile she turned away from him , and sipped what was left of her champagne and gazed out of the window . |
| 4 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 5 | He broke off , almost grinding his teeth , and flung over to the window to stare out . |
| 6 | He swore and peered out of the window , and as he did so the gun in his left hand wavered . |
| 7 | They walked briskly over to the two cars and Plumpton bent down and peered in through the windows of the Mini . |
| 8 | Blanche sighed , stood up and wandered over to the window . |
| 9 | Andrew put the leather helmet down and wandered over to the window . |
| 10 | He came back through then and she averted her eyes from the fire , and his face , and wandered over to the window , to sober herself by staring once again at the pouring rain . |
| 11 | Morton released her and wandered back to the window . |
| 12 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 13 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 14 | He got to his feet and walked over to the window hearing the angry voice but no longer having to face her , watching the reflection of her pacing figure , the swirling hair . |
| 15 | Now he swung his legs out of bed , reached for his dressing gown and walked over to the window . |
| 16 | He turned and walked over to the window where he stood looking out with his hands clasped behind his back . |
| 17 | Edward stood up and walked over to the window . |
| 18 | He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window . |
| 19 | The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky . |
| 20 | On 1 February 1954 he put on his coat , hat and gloves and walked out of the window of his 13th-floor apartment overlooking New York 's East River . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Swire Sugden looked at his watch and glanced out of the window as if he was expecting something . |
| 23 | He drew and sighted out through the window . |
| 24 | Mandeville suddenly put his finger to his lips and stepped out of the window embrasure . |
| 25 | Driving us back home , Eva banged the steering wheel and sang , and yelled out of the window . |
| 26 | Potter thought he was Peter Pan and flew out of the window of the Commercial Hotel . |
| 27 | He stepped away from the letter box and looked up towards the window . |
| 28 | She wanted to bike along the road for a swim but after she finished dressing she simply sat on the edge of the bath and looked out of the window . |
| 29 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
| 30 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |