Example sentences of "[adv prt] through the [adj] window " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods . |
| 2 | Painfully , looking up at him , she saw a good strong profile , sandy hair tipped with gold from the sun coming in through the lace-curtained window . |
| 3 | This has been pointed out by Lind ( 1983 : 271 ) , who adduces the following examples to show that there is " no correlation between active participation and omission of to " : ( 23 ) … he said briefly , helping me climb in through the rear window . |
| 4 | Rain now poured in through the broken window , the wind also whipping through , buffeting Julie as she moved across to the back door . |
| 5 | The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window . |
| 6 | The scents of the garden , blowing in through the open window , had removed the last trace of stuffiness from the room . |
| 7 | The wind , being drawn in through the open window , lifted the fibrous material on the top of my head so the Sun could heal the brick-shaped gash . |
| 8 | come in through the open window , rape her , |
| 9 | A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare . |
| 10 | ‘ I wish I were you , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ I wish I were a mouse , ’ and then , drawn inexorably , she leaned forward across the table and looked down through the closed window at her mother 's upturned face below . |
| 11 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 12 | Later in the evening the sound of loud laughter wafted up through the open window , and even snatches of a song . |
| 13 | So she stepped out through the wide window , towards the cave . |
| 14 | He gazed out through the curtainless window on to the well-lit , virtually deserted parking-area : only his own red Jaguar and two white police cars . |
| 15 | A cloud of cigarette smoke hangs over the group , slowly wafting over the television set and out through the open window . |
| 16 | She had found him sitting there , hunched up on his bed , his arms wrapped about his knees , staring out through the open window at the bay . |
| 17 | He closed the door and leaned out through the open window as he started the engine , but his look was for Marc . |