Example sentences of "the window at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked out of the window at the fast-approaching twilight . |
| 2 | His parents Kang and Bi explained how little Sheng spent his days looking out the window at the other children playing , knowing he could n't take part . |
| 3 | A tiny , round , mahogany dining-table stood by the window at the far end of the room snatching cold , white light from the space outside . |
| 4 | Kiah looked out of the window at the dark sky . |
| 5 | She lay on the narrow white bed , staring out of the window at the gray-white clouds moving heavily across the October sky , and tried to organize her thinking . |
| 6 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 7 | ‘ It occurs to me … ’ he drawled , hesitating for a moment as he studied her intently from beneath his heavy eyelids , before turning his head to stare out of the window at the passing traffic . |
| 8 | He gazed out of the window at the jog-trotting crowds of peasants moving in both directions along the road . |
| 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 | And now Little Billy was kneeling on the chair , gazing with longing through the window at the famous Forest of Sin . |
| 11 | ‘ If you would but use her , ’ said David , and turned his back and went to stare from the window at the frosty strand and the shifting , misty sea . |
| 12 | He put the papers away and leaned back , gazing out of the window at the bright banks of sunlit cloud as they reached thirty thousand feet . |
| 13 | The other two had evidently been in hospital longer than I had , and they were like children let out of school , peering through the unblacked-out part of the window at the bright lights in the shops and rejoicing that they would be home for Christmas . |
| 14 | Duncan stayed awake , looking out of the window at the cloud-covered land thirty thousand feet below . |
| 15 | He peered out of the window at the moonlit landscape . |
| 16 | Deep inside she knew that if he had tried she would have repulsed him , and she looked out of the window at the moonlit sky . |
| 17 | He looked out of the window at the clear night over Exmoor . |
| 18 | Bolt Head stared impassively out of the window at the dramatic skyline of Manhattan . |
| 19 | Standing up , he gazed through the window at the massive gritstone ridge which stood against the sky on the other side of the main dale . |
| 20 | Mary looked out of the window at the cold grey sky . |
| 21 | ‘ My dining room faces north and is difficult to heat , ’ he had said to Ianthe , and now he stood in it looking out of the window at the cold March day , fully conscious of his words . |
| 22 | On this sunny summer afternoon , Little Billy was kneeling on a chair in the living room , gazing out through the window at the wonderful world beyond . |
| 23 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 24 | Now it 's glossy cream and pale blue and beautiful , but I find myself looking out of the window at the broken slats of the fence between our house and the next , and understanding very well why canals and tulips and windmills and clear blue Dutch skies had been important to the woman who had stood in that kitchen before me . |
| 25 | It was easy to do , as she shivered and looked out of the window at the thick snow that reflected the street lights upwards . |
| 26 | Kevin peered out of the window at the grey tarmac and the rain , and wondered what the family would say when they saw him and his wife . |
| 27 | Sometimes I looked out of the window at the grey November afternoon , and saw the rain pouring down on the leafless garden . |
| 28 | She glanced out of the window at the empty pavement . |
| 29 | He got up at last and stared out of the window at the empty road and the gravel pits , grey in the dawn light . |
| 30 | Rachel stared fixedly out of the window at the rising green hill and tiny cluster of houses to her left . |