Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [prep] the window " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went over to the window of the post-operation side-ward I was occupying alone and stood looking out for a while , then he turned and said , ‘ Something awful happened yesterday . ’ |
| 2 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 3 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
| 4 | Then he went over to the window , and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court for several minutes , frowning and pushing his lower lip up alternately . |
| 5 | He went over to the window and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court . |
| 6 | He went over to the window . |
| 7 | After a moment , he stood up and went over to the window . |
| 8 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
| 9 | She went over to the window and stared out . |
| 10 | Hilary seemed to have got the reaction he wanted and , looking pleased , he went over to the window . |
| 11 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 12 | He ignored Cranston 's excited pleas to hurry and went over to the window , unrolling them carefully . |
| 13 | Ianthe went over to the window and flung open the shutters and it occurred to Penelope that she was probably one of those people who did n't approve of smoking in bedrooms . |
| 14 | He went over to the window and drew back the curtains to let in a grey , watery light , and she closed her eyes briefly against the muted glare . |
| 15 | As soon as she took it he went over to the window and stood gazing out at the rain . |
| 16 | Lowell went over to the window , mainly to get away from Louise 's accusing eyes . |
| 17 | Sir John took the goblet and went over to the window , staring out at the sun dazzling the snow on Tower Green . |
| 18 | So all those things went out of the window which makes life easier . |
| 19 | Unfortunately all our well laid plans went out of the window on March 19th when our second child decided to arrive six weeks early . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't let Dad hear for God 's sake , ’ she moaned quietly , as all her inhibitions went out of the window . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I was doing some commentary on our clubcall line and when we equalised , considered analysis went out of the window . |
| 22 | In fact , plans to slow down before going on maternity leave went out of the window when C&R became involved in its most significant transaction to date — the rescue and restructuring of another quoted property company . |
| 23 | Australia 's captain Phil Kearns is a confirmed fan , revealing : ‘ We talked about no shoving in the front row before the kick-off , but after five minutes that went out of the window . |
| 24 | All pretence at unity went out of the window as close Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound and Britain 's place in the EC . |
| 25 | I invariably receive responses such as ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ frustration ’ , ‘ inadequacy ’ , ‘ failure ’ , ‘ my ideals went out of the window ’ , ‘ I wanted to throttle him/her ’ . |
| 26 | Any hope that the new Ministry of Fuel and Power could rationally ‘ coordinate ’ a national policy on energy inevitably went out of the window with this absence of an acceptable common vocabulary with which to discuss the issues . |
| 27 | Any hope of the Government modifying its aggressive response to terrorism went out of the window . |
| 28 | The idea that a player was bound to a company for the rest of his life , and could be bought and sold like a chattel with no real say in the matter , went out of the window because it offended against the principles of individuality . |
| 29 | But all the gains that we had made out of labour movement , improvements in working time , improvements in health and safety , equality issues , legal rights all went out of the window , and what has happened to the vast majority of those service jobs ? |
| 30 | I had the dubious pleasure , after Second Reading , of trying to pilot the House of Lords reform Bill through the House many years ago , when we found that the divisions were on both sides of the House and any idea that one could timetable or guillotine soon went out of the window . |