I can see the roof and part of the plate-glass windows. From Wordnik.com. [Going Home Again] Reference
Far up in the air its plate-glass windows gleamed in the morning sun. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
Amidships was a living-room, with a plate-glass window on either side. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
The light streamed in through the plate-glass ports in the engine-room. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
She stared out of the plate-glass window and saw that it was now quite dark. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
In the front of the box are two plate-glass observing windows, 2⅝ by 5½ in. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171] Reference
Hence the plate-glass window under water admits no light into the interior of a cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
She adored shopping, even if it was only with the eyes, through the plate-glass windows. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The next day, I was shocked to see the plate-glass windows of the Haymarket restaurant shattered. From Wordnik.com. [The Lessons of Chicago] Reference
The owner of the WHIZZER, happened to look down through a plate-glass window in the floor of car. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Then there is a flourishing plate-glass factory in Lenox, in this State, and another in New York. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
"John Murchison and Sons" glittered instead in the plate-glass windows, but Hesketh did not see it. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
An upward tendency in plate-glass insurance is already manifesting itself in New York and elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917] Reference
The frames are filled in with plate-glass, so that the view of these artificial wonders is unobstructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832] Reference
At one point, Moore was so tired that he could barely push open the plate-glass door to his hotel's entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Ifs, Ands And Butts] Reference
In 1989, in Long Beach, Calif., cops pushed a black former policeman through a plate-glass window -- on camera. From Wordnik.com. [Tv And The 'Firebell'] Reference
In his gullet was found a large herring, and in its throat a piece of plate-glass, of about one inch in length. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832] Reference
There was a passing of confidences from one plate-glass counter to another, and presently another assistant came forward. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
Near the treasury is a very handsome pavilion, built of white marble, one story high, with fine large plate-glass windows. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
He pressed a lever, and a shutter made of strong steel slats, that was on the plate-glass window of the projectile, opened. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
Well, she ` s going to -- y ` all are going to see some therapy when you see me hurling a chair across a plate-glass window. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2005] Reference
A big Irishman, while carrying a ladder through a crowded street had the misfortune to break a plate-glass window in a store. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
Being part of his entourage was like the sun coming through a plate-glass window: golden, something to lift your face toward. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Lily broke in, pointing through the plate-glass to a heap of imitation jewelry, lying, among watches, on red and black velvet. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
But just beyond the Tate's plate-glass windows lurks the city itself: the Thames, St. Paul's, Norman Foster's ultramodern bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The City Of Curiosities] Reference
The pieces of plate-glass that compose the twelve windows of this beautiful room cannot be less than 5. 5ft. high and 18in. wide. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath] Reference
They were all at breakfast the next morning, when Mark, happening to look through a heavy plate-glass window in the living-room, called out. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
This consists of a bell glass fitted with an exhaust tube and stop-cock (d), which can be secured to a plate-glass base (c) by means of wax or grease. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Machinery Building; a rare old double plate-glass electrical machine was exhibited in the Electrical Building, the contribution of the State university. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
There were times when he had sat beside her, not feeling sure that he was in the same room with her: it was as if he were looking at her through plate-glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
She did not turn on the electric switch when she closed her door; the primrose walls reflected the light from the great plate-glass window, with the effect of candle glow. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
At the village of Fins we stopped at a perfect deserted beach where pale sand edged into plate-glass water beside a limestone cliff weathered to the texture of a giant loofah. From Wordnik.com. [Oman's desert island] Reference
The screen consists of two thin pieces of plate-glass, on the surface of which a series of very delicate parallel black lines have been ruled running diagonally across the glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
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