Example sentences of "goes [prep] the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | She goes to the window , treating the rugs spread on the sanded and waxed pine floorboards as stepping-stones , pulls back the curtain , and peers out . |
| 2 | He goes to the window , and fiddles with the angle of the louvred blinds . |
| 3 | a. a man and woman sitting in the living room + the woman sitting reading quite happily — the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window + and gets himself ready and goes out + |
| 4 | and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window … and goes out + goes to his goes to a club + has a drink talks to the barman |
| 5 | When the hearer hears goes to the window , he assumes it is ‘ the window ’ in that same ‘ living room ’ which has already been mentioned , and he assumes that the man ‘ goes to the window ’ on the same occasion , within minutes of the original setting ‘ sitting in the living room ’ . |
| 6 | When the hearer hears goes to the window , he assumes it is ‘ the window ’ in that same ‘ living room ’ which has already been mentioned , and he assumes that the man ‘ goes to the window ’ on the same occasion , within minutes of the original setting ‘ sitting in the living room ’ . |
| 7 | ( 29 ) a man and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window … goes out … goes to a club |
| 8 | We suggested that goes to the window will be interpreted as meaning that ‘ he goes to the window in the living room ’ , whereas goes to a club will be interpreted as meaning ‘ goes to a club in the same town ’ , i.e. not ‘ in the living room ’ , nor even ‘ in the same house ’ . |
| 9 | We suggested that goes to the window will be interpreted as meaning that ‘ he goes to the window in the living room ’ , whereas goes to a club will be interpreted as meaning ‘ goes to a club in the same town ’ , i.e. not ‘ in the living room ’ , nor even ‘ in the same house ’ . |
| 10 | On the first morning one of them gets up , goes to the window , draws the curtain , and sniffs ostentatiously . |