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‘You moving back in, then?’ he asked turning and facing me, leaning his backside against the window sill
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At the far end of the room one of the windows had been shattered and a cold and icy breeze filled the room, making what was left of old strip blinds flutter madly against the window frames
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A reduction in the noise of rain beating against the window caught his attention
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tent-flaps closed against the wind
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rattling against the window
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… rain beating against the window – yuk! What a way to wake up! … this is supposed to be summer? Come on, Anna … out of bed … brrr, it’s chilly out here
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The back bench of the table was almost against the windowsill, Desa’s foot was on the bench and Nobron was caressing her calf
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The first drops of rain splattered against the window as
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He took out a cigarette, cupped his hands against the wind and lit up
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Edrimer leaned against the window in the living room of his home, watching closely the grey car that had been parked across from his building for the past few hours
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She ran outside and braced herself, clinging to a lamppost against the wind, holding onto Sarah with her other arm
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She slammed the coffee cup in the sink and the hot liquid splashed against the window
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to squint to see against the wind, but was saved when Felicity gave me a pair of
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Concentrating harder on the screen, she made out the shape of a large cat, stretching itself up against the window, trying to reach the half-open top casement
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“Iklya Bark,” Hollowcrest whispered, his back pressed against the window
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Kay fell against the window, exhausted
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I had to fight against the wind to close the door, hold the things in my hand and try to control my hair
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I stood with my head against the window, straining to keep focused on the plane until it was no longer possible
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Hunching his shoulders against the wind, Frank stuck his hands deep in his pockets and slogged his way through the deepening puddles back towards his cottage, angry tears mixing with the rain
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He clamped his jaws rigid and sat with his arms braced against the window frame, unwilling to shift his weight
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He ducked his head below the level of the seatback, and Truman’s arm slammed with a thud against the window frame
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I let my hand trail over the edge of the car so it presses against the wind
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“So they could shoot us?!” panicked Carter, the color leaving the face that was pressed against the window
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I smile into my hand, lean my head against the window, and let the tears fall in silence
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forward and held his face against the window
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Rain battered against the windows, rattling the glass in their frames
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18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind, so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any
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Opening his eyes just once, he was aware of his reflection playing against the windows, and of Dale’s cologne drifting through his awareness
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As they pulled onto the main road, a few fat raindrops splashed against the windshield before a clap of thunder rumbled in the distance
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He had watched the collisions of the two mechanical giants from the place where he had fallen, but now he raised himself against the wind and leaped at the cab of the plough as it pushed forward for another lunge at the drift
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“Move! Move!” He shouted as he struggled against the wind
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The rope held the asbestos against the wind
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Never pushing either foot against the wind
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The strains of the song washed over her as she leaned against the windowsill
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In the lounge room he saw her silhouette against the window
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” He slid into our booth, which was way too small for him, and crowded Annabeth against the window
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paws against the window and barked loudly, foaming at the
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He had travelled 5 long miles with the estate agent, sat quietly, head against the window, like long trips taken with the family many years before
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It was McGregor of all people! Trapped inside his car and scrunched up against the windscreen
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He turned her against the window and lifted her on to the window seal
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While the other apostles toiled against the wind and the waves, Peter dreamed a dream; he saw a vision of Jesus coming to them walking on the sea
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head against the windshield
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I leant my head against the window and stared out at the darkening sky as we rose above the clouds
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There was a pause in the conversation as the heavy rain pelted against the windscreen
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Jabar has pulled of his mask and leans nonchalantly against the windowsill with his arms crossed in front of him
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was shouting against the wind
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protection against the wind-driven droplets, and the sound came again
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It was set up on a table that had been pushed against the window, the front of the gun supported by a metal tripod
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As he rested his head against the window frame he heard footsteps approaching his room
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The Policeman lowered his head, peered through the drivers’ window, he tapped his cane against the window
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“There are four adverts in Independent India,” Preeti tried to control her paper against the wind
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Within a matter of seconds Clarene dashed out the door and pressed her face against the window to watch her mother lumber sullenly down the lane
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A storm squall hammered hard rain against the windows as Julie broke the
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Terence crossed the lobby and noticed that a heavy but steady rain beat against the windows furiously and that the sky had turned nearly black with wicked-looking storm clouds
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He leant against the windowsill and dropped his head, blowing tension through his
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The man nearest the door, a big one with wide shoulders and short red hair, patiently produced a badge holder and pressed it against the window, so that Joshua could look at it
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the length of the room, passed The Boss and leant against the window,
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see Shoop, silhouetted against the window
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bodies pressed against the windshield
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He holds it in one gloved hand while the other one repositions an architectural drawing against the window
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I collapsed against the window of the Lincoln Town Car, smash-
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She sat on her usual spot on the swing and wrapped one arm around its steel chain and leaned against it, hugging herself against the wind
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Tammas was pressed up against the window staring back at them
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The soldiers aimed for the doors, firing shots that shattered against the windows
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Keller leaned against the window
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Dar brought his arm up, resting his forearm against the window and leaning his head against it
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It stood, unmoving against the wind and the snow and the machine that had crashed into it
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He started across the lot, head lowered against the wind-driven snow, and remembered when he, Connie, and the boys would spend hours in their backyard during snowstorms, plopping themselves onto the snow and fanning out snow angels, rolling up gigantic bottoms and abdomens and heads of snow for snowmen, stockpiling snow balls for their epic battles (David and Josh against Connie and Julian), and lying in their red plastic sleds while gazing up at the snow falling into their eyes, ending the snowy days by cooking hotdogs on the outside fireplace and making s’mores in semi-darkness, the light reflected off the snow from the fire and the moonlight providing all the illumination they needed
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The sails strained against the winds of the storm
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After his brothers left, Aesa sagged against the window
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William felt maddened, and he ripped up the letter, “damn it, he saw a chair and hit it against the window but the chair bounced off
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Abigail jammed her hands into her coat pockets and hunched her shoulders against the wind, while Hal’s fingers, ears and nose slowly turned numb
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Lifting his Kalash, he smashed its butt against the window
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"It is," he assented, as he heard the rain beating against the windows
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I could see through the crack that dozens of zombies crowded around the diner, growling as they pressed up against the windows
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This time she held on to the door handle, smashed the rock against the window in the same spot
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He flicked the butt against the window, spraying the outside with ashes
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I rested against the window watching the now familiar roads as we headed out of Warsaw proper
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He was still sitting in the chair, his thoughts racing in many different directions, when the first morning light brushed against the window
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The odd thing about him wasn't that we'd not noticed him earlier—we'd had our heads bent against the wind after all—but the way he was dressed
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I sat on the windowsill leaning against the window and wished that I had a way out of this tiny room that was imprisoning me
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Suddenly, something slammed against the window and I almost expected to see O’Darby hovering in the darkness, trying to break the glass
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Now he watched as the snow brushed softly and silently against the window pane
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Why can I not have true love and God’s love as well?” D’ata leaned back against the window’s pane, his arms folded across his chest
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There was nothing but the wind against the windows, the rain spattering out their own song, the marbled Madonna smiling down at them
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Sophie woke to a Champagne headache, rain slapping against the window of an unfamiliar room, Jacob’s deep snores and her phone insisting shrilly that she pick it up
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Abruptly, the rain outside grew heavy again, pelting noisily against the windows
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Two weeks later I arrived home to find Ivan in my chair, cast against the window frame, the curtains open
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Tyrone and Tyrese had pressed Silas against the window
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Silas’ hands braced against the window frame, his nose pressed next to the screen
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Once her flail was tucked in at her side, she started to tie her hair back, but heard a loud thud against the window
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room with his hands against the windowsill
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much against the wind and not take into account the effect of an unexpected squall
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He quickly checks the nearest bush for carnivorous leaves, red berries or the antennas that move against the wind, so that he could hunker down and relieve his need
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Gary curled up in his seat and thudded his head against the window
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collar against the wind
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Katerina Ivanovna walked to the window, laid her head against the window frame and exclaimed in despair:
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Only a big fly buzzed and fluttered against the window pane
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Those whom I have inspired with love by letting them see me, I have by words undeceived, and if their longings live on hope--and I have given none to Chrysostom or to any other--it cannot justly be said that the death of any is my doing, for it was rather his own obstinacy than my cruelty that killed him; and if it be made a charge against me that his wishes were honourable, and that therefore I was bound to yield to them, I answer that when on this very spot where now his grave is made he declared to me his purity of purpose, I told him that mine was to live in perpetual solitude, and that the earth alone should enjoy the fruits of my retirement and the spoils of my beauty; and if, after this open avowal, he chose to persist against hope and steer against the wind, what wonder is it that he should sink in the depths of his infatuation? If I had encouraged him, I should be false; if I had gratified him, I should have acted against my own better resolution and purpose
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"And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning?"
