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Sentence Examples A disabled driver says he is lucky to be alive after a pellet shot through his windscreen, narrowly missing his head. The range office staff were busy rubbing away at the heavy mist that had settled on the jeep's windscreen. The canopy and windscreen are bird-strike resistant at speeds up to 270 knots. The collection includes a ferocious Minotaur, the mythical half-human, half-bull, made from welded spoons, nutcrackers and windscreen wipers. Something came right across my front windscreen and my side window was also hit. With the windscreen wipers going at full speed, I peer through the blinding rain at a kaleidoscope of neon lights. At one point, deep in the windy mountains, the windscreen wiper right in front of my face nearly blew away! The streets are full of dilapidated vehicles, and a ride in a taxi with an unbroken windscreen is indeed a luxury. Open car doors for the shortest time possible otherwise they'll bludge a lift in a great swarm on the windscreen. Approached by a squeegee merchant at a set of traffic lights, we let him quickly clean the windscreen. It was almost impossible to see out through the windscreen at times, with the wind gusting and the spray splashing up. Walking back across the road I spat a mouthful of water onto the windscreen of Howard's commonwealth car. He was sixth for a long time, but lost the place after accidentally cutting off the engine whilst trying to de-mist his windscreen. She and her husband and two children escaped with cuts and bruises after a wave smashed through the windscreen of their van. As one of the thieves drove their car straight at him, he jumped on to the bonnet and smashed the windscreen with his elbow. Vandals slashed tyres, scratched bodywork and pulled off windscreen wipers. When we were living in wagons on the commons we had a bullet come through a windscreen. The woman tried to drive off, but Gatty jumped on the bonnet and kicked the windscreen, smashing it. Collard's race effectively ended, however, when his car's bonnet dramatically flew up into its windscreen and he was forced to pit for repairs. He was taken to hospital in Chorley with cuts and bruises after part of the lorry smashed through his windscreen missing his head by inches. Show More Sentences A gritting lorry's windscreen was smashed by a snowball containing a stone as it was clearing icy streets on the Bell Farm estate. In heavy rain, the fastest speed of the windscreen wipers is inadequate to keep the view ahead clear. A single bird can totally destroy a jet engine or tear a hole in an aircraft's fuselage or windscreen. A long dashboard reaches deep into the sloping windscreen with almost none of the bonnet visible as you peer over the dash. A downside to the steeply raked windscreen is that taller drivers may find they are sitting just a little too high for comfort. The BMW's windscreen was smashed on the driver's side and the bonnet was left dented from the impact of the collision. There are sleeker body frame pillars, a steeply raked windscreen and a slicker, sportier back-end with rear spoiler and clutter-free hatch door. The S80 has soft lines with a gently sloping hood, steeply raked windscreen, slightly bowed roofline and coupe-like rear window. The aerodynamic set-up of the car forces the windscreen practically to clear itself. When he came back two days later he was surprised to see yellow lines and a parking ticket on his windscreen. Its problem is that the heater system is inadequate to demist the front windscreen. As I pulled up in the car park, a wasp launched itself at the windscreen and kept repeatedly battering itself against the glass. With both devices, the world comes at us as a moving picture, framed by the widescreen and by the windscreen. Why does my car's ventilation system demist the windscreen more quickly when I turn on the air cooling? When I got back, there was a traffic warden by the car and a parking ticket on the windscreen. The swept-back windscreen, striking front wings and rising shoulderline of the new car set the sporting tone. The new system is operated by a small display unit which is placed near the front windscreen of the car. Last week, we were driving along when a bird we hadn't seen before flew right past the front windscreen. The concrete went through the back window and struck him on the shoulder and then hit the front windscreen. As well as windscreen repairs, Jeff can supply affordable windscreens and windscreen rubbers. Show More Sentences The windscreen is closer to horizontal than on the hatchback, and the rear overhang is longer. A gang of drunken thugs threw a can of booze which smashed the front windscreen of a family's car. The impact smashed the front windscreen and ruptured fuel pipes in the engine causing the car to become an inferno. The windscreen and the bumper are the two main sources of injury in pedestrian crashes. Pupils on a school trip drove back from London in a damaged coach after a pheasant flew into the front windscreen. The defendant's car was badly damaged and had a smashed windscreen and two shredded tyres. It is enormously annoying to return to your car after shopping to find a parking ticket under the windscreen wiper. Before you set off on your journey, don't just de-ice your front windscreen. The microphone had a windscreen and extra foam that deadened the noise of raindrops falling on the microphone. The only other unpleasant noise entering the cabin was the windscreen wiper motor. A car windscreen wiper motor operated the panel and a button under the pilot's seat activated the cameras. The windscreen wiper is speed sensitive in the intermittent position, which is a bright idea, and it also has a de-icer. The windscreen wiper had to be turned to maximum speed as we exited the cathedral green. One, with excellent timing, slipped his card under the windscreen wiper of my parked car a few days ago. Radio reception, while good on FM band, was not great on MW and LW bands, where interference was heard from the windscreen wipers. Yet it's far more impressive, surely, that the indicator and windscreen controls have been slightly dampened to make them pleasant to use. My wife was in the car and she had to use her wipers to clear the bees from her windscreen. A lorry driver and his colleague had a narrow escape when a brick hurled by youths struck just centimetres from the windscreen. Two hours later, Colin returned to his car, to find a note under the wiper of his windscreen. Wayne hit the windscreen of a car in the smash, severely damaging his brain. Show More Sentences By the time we leave, the sun is a furnace blazing magnified through the windscreen, crisping my skin. An east-west oriented alignment of stones, situated outside the dwelling in front of the entrance, could be the remains of a windscreen. The view out the front through the large windscreen is good, but forget about seeing the bonnet. All cabs have a bright and airy feel with excellent all-round visibility, thanks to a large windscreen. A substantial grab rail for the pillion provides security, plus hard panniers, a tank bag and touring windscreen are available. You could see it beyond the brick windscreen, through rows of tropical fruit trees, behind a sundeck, a palapa, and a tile-roofed verandah. And, as with some Asian cars, the indicator and windscreen wipers are reversed, which can cause no end of confusion at first. High strength composites are used for the windscreen, the upper cowling and parts of the tail fin and tail plane. Immediately after stowing our goggles, a blinding bright light flashed in front of my windscreen. In the UK, the Volkswagen Group has been hit by three separate recalls covering windscreen wipers and anti-lock brake systems. The only annoyance was the sun visor which was too small and left a gap between its right-hand extremity and the windscreen pillar. For the first time in several minutes, I looked up from the instruments and saw rime ice on our windscreen. It will be possible to put the at-a-glance guide on the dashboard or windscreen in the driver's line of sight. At a call in Wilton Grove, stones, missiles, and fireworks were fired, damaging the windscreen of the appliance. In order to ensure a very smooth fuselage line, the windscreen started immediately behind the cowl. The silhouette of the concept is unique, with raked windscreen and an arching roofline that ends in an integral tailgate spoiler. The stalks controlling lights and windscreen wipers are to European standards, with lights to the left and wipers to the right. The windscreen wipers sweep from the centre outwards to give truly remarkable coverage. The windscreen cracked and the elephant came forward again, crashing into the door. A scaffolding pole came crashing in through the rear window, spearing between Caroline and Astor and exiting through the windscreen. Show More Sentences It was hard to see the extent of the damage because the windscreen was dirty after firing the gun. Rising from the radiator grille, a prominent bulge in the hood runs to the base of the windscreen. A crane had run into the back of her car, crushing the roof and boot and caving in the rear windscreen. A new streamlined windscreen was added along with modified airframe fillets. If you haven't already cut it up, it makes a great scraper to remove frost from your car windscreen on freezing mornings! They were able to negotiate an average 1,699 off the windscreen price aside from any scrappage discount. The car ploughed off the road and hit a fence post that crashed through the windscreen, leaving him with severe head injuries. A woman had a lucky escape on Thursday morning after metal reinforcement bars crashed through her car windscreen. Everything is where you want it to be, except the windscreen wipers, and indicators are on the opposite sides from where they usually are. Novus is a world-wide franchise organisation dealing in windscreen, domestic and commercial glass repairs. The metaphorical mist that has been fugging up my brain has disappeared, only to be replaced by real mist fugging up my windscreen. I have no idea why anyone needs heated seats, electric mirrors or windscreen wipers on the headlights. Robb also had three stars and a pennant defining his rank painted below the windscreen. The front of Jim and Pat Fitzgerald's Mercedes was squashed when a 100 ft oak fell across the bonnet and windscreen in south Manchester. I felt I was capable of doing this on my own as well, but I had no choice and no windscreen wipers. We kept going as we knew we were close to the finish but we cut a big corner towards the finish and broke the windscreen. I picked up the car this afternoon, and they told me the windscreen wiper motor had shorted. Her skin was scattered with more freckles than a japped windscreen. Flames were already licking up the smashed windscreen and into the car. Where the Matrix scores visibly is its deep side windows providing good viewing all-round, and its steeply raked windscreen which also helps with the aerodynamics. Show More Sentences New Zealand motorists have to beware a native parrot, the kea, which is just as keen on pecking off rubber windscreen wipers and window surrounds. Stylistically, the estate version is by far the most pleasing to the eye, as the body profile has been redesigned more or less from the windscreen pillars rearwards. He noted a leaking shock absorber, a broken exhaust front pipe bracket, a broken rear light, a broken rear brake light and a ripped windscreen wiper. I even have a working windscreen wiper now, although that was more to do with driving the car around to mum's and drinking tea while Andrew screwed on a new one. Lateral airbags, xenon headlamps, headlamp wash, automatic headlamps, automatic wipers and heat reflecting windscreen are among the features that have been removed. Another feature is the wash-wipe facility that can be programmed to vary the number of times the wipers operate after the windscreen wash has finished. My windscreen wipers are knackered and it's snowing buckets. Early cars lacked such refinements as a fuel gauge, but they did come with the tiny, wrap-around windscreen that was as cool as a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers. Police say that installing anti-theft devices and etching the registration number on the windscreen, will go a long way in countering the problem. He orders us into his Landrover and we skid across the causeway, the water rising with every revolution of the wheels, splashing above the windscreen. The air-conditioned and heated cabin is fitted with a high resistance roll bar, a two-piece tiltable windscreen and a canvas roof with a dismountable frame. After discovering he had been clamped for not displaying a tax disc, the motorist snatched a spade from his van, smashed its windscreen and rear windows and slashed the tyres. Mr Allen spent six weeks in intensive care after the accident when scaffolding being carried in a truck smashed through the windscreen of his Fosseway Coaches bus. She watched the repetitive movement of the windscreen wipers swish backwards and forwards, clearing the screen from the streaks of water that blurred it. Her twin sister Carly, who was in the front passenger seat, suffered a perforated eardrum and cuts from the smashed windscreen after the car piled into undergrowth. The V-shaped rear window fits in perfectly with the slanting windscreen. Rising over the bonnet and windscreen, the airflow is smooth. The officers were sitting in an unmarked police car when the man shot at the windscreen with a handgun, showering them with glass and injuring one officer in the eye. We don't have a car any longer simply because we were fed up with having wing mirrors snapped off, windscreen wipers broken or paintwork scratched. The windscreen of the van cracked and the side window shattered. Show More Sentences Even at a high rate of plummet there is very good control at 150 kph accompanied by a lot of wind around the windscreen and a lot of air-frame buffet. He was non-committal about the bylaw banning windscreen washers. The trend is highlighted in a survey by windscreen company Autoglass which each year compiles a list of the number of call-outs to repair car windows all over the country. In addition, if things get really bad, an emergency button under a safety cover will fire explosive charges, which blow out the windscreen to provide an emergency exit. Broad rimmed hats, avoiding work in the mid day sun, sunshades and tinted car windscreen and windows, are measures that reduce the ill effects of sunlight. Measuring 1.6m square metres, the thermally-insulated glass top extends from the sun visors above the windscreen to over the rear passengers' heads. The glasses, which cost just a few pence more than a normal pint pot, have properties similar to windscreen safety glass and shatter into small pieces if used as a weapon. After a fantastic evening we walked to the car park to find the night porter, anticipating our departure, had scraped all the ice off our car's windscreen. As we hurtle through the rain and darkness, the music clamouring, the windscreen wipers going full bore, cyclists come at us out of the gloom like pale moths. The crowd went delirious and pointed with glee as the windscreen wiper machines bumped repeatedly into his contorted form and grew all the more confused. The pupils, from Lady Lumley's School, in Pickering, have all been disciplined for their part in the incident in which a gobstopper was thrown against a car windscreen. While in the clouds, we saw a spectacular Saint Elmo's fire display on the front windscreen. Sunglasses at the ready A sun A sun visor doesn't necessarily stop low sun from beaming into your windscreen, so wear sunglasses. Worth pounds 10, this pack includes windscreen scraper, de-icer and tyre gauge. As a further measure, have your catalytic converter etched or forensically marked and place stickers in the windscreen to say it has been done. In some places, payment is made using stickers which are affixed to the windscreen. He had been on patrol to catch joyriders, and fired three shots at the windscreen of a speeding car as it approached the checkpoint. Some scooters, including the BMW C1 and the Honda Gyro Canopy, have a windscreen and a roof. Windscreen wipers will fail the test if they do not adequately clear the windscreen when used in conjunction with the washers. Items such as the windscreen, wipers and exhaust systems are tested for condition and operation. Show More Sentences Peter climbed into the driver's seat, adjusting the heating so that warm air blew onto their faces and demisted the windscreen. Drivers are being warned not to leave their cars unattended with the engines running to de-ice the windscreen. The windscreen and windows must also be kept free of fog by turning on the heater and directing the warm air towards the defrosters. Kerry left an apology note on the windscreen of the pranged Almera with contact details before the pair went for their costumes. He said that the defoggers should be used frequently to clear the windscreen, rear screen and back view mirror of a vehicle. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, you can take it off your windscreen and throw it away. Kelly remarked that visibility was a huge problem on both stages as his windscreen misted over. The car was parked in close to the rustic fence, under the lime trees, and their sticky exudations had already stippled the windscreen. From bleep to bleep it takes 22 seconds and, bar manually releasing a pair of clips at the top of the windscreen, is fully automatic. The new windscreen has been revised to improve vision by reducing the width of the centre post. What's also cool is the combo of an athermic windscreen which, along with the tinted glass, helps to keep the sun's rays at bay. You'll also find cruise control, driver and front passenger airbags, tyre pressure sensor, athermic windscreen and automatic headlights. A reciprocating saw, which has a push and pull action, is used to slice into the windscreen and the roof, which is then peeled back. Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off. It is also lavishly equipped with Marchal headlamps and center light, a windscreen sun visor and matching pairs of Lucas trumpet and Alto horns. She checked on their health and returning to her car she discovered that someone had stolen both windscreen wiper blades. Dud bulbs had not been replaced, the pollen filter had not been checked and a windscreen washer jet remained misaligned. The items checked include lights, wiper blades, windscreen washer fluid, brakes, air-conditioning, battery and tyres. And he could not clean it because windscreen wash bottles were no longer being refilled. Oh no! A vandal has just smashed our windscreen! Susan, can you go and call the insurance company? Show More Sentences Campbell was killed instantly on impact when decapitated by the K7's windscreen. The basic frame could be adapted with modules to allow a baby to lie flat or a bubble windscreen to completely enclose the child. In the interests of improved airflow, however, the trademark Range Rover bonnet castellations have been smoothed away and the windscreen gets a faster angle. Buses with driver's seat elevated high must have their front windscreens minimized upwards, making it possible to install the front link door at the bottom of the windscreen. The Piaggio MP3 offered a tall windscreen with roof as an option. Other items that come as standard include a head-up display projecting performance details on to the windscreen, a gravity meter to measure cornering forces and keyless entry. Buses with front windscreen divided horizontally into two similar sections must have the front link door installed in the upper section of the front windscreen. Any electrical load increases fuel consumption, so make sure you turn off your heated rear windscreen, demister blowers and headlights when you don't need them. The driver has a raised seating position for a more commanding view through what is said to be an unusually large windscreen, enhanced by a panoramic glass r oof. Q POLICE who stopped my young son-in-law for a routine check recently tested his tinted windscreen with a light meter and gave him a pounds 60 fine and three points. All electrical equipment increases fuel consumption so turn off the heated rear windscreen, demisters and headlights as soon as they are not needed. The model features a single large windscreen wiper, narrow tyres and a fascia similar to the facelift Renault Duster and rear similar to the Captur crossover. Examples from Classical Literature Well, it had just thirty-seven bullet holes in it, including one through the windscreen, a foot off his head. Stan saw a spread of fuselage and a wing through his windscreen and he pressed the gun button. Through his windscreen he caught a glimpse of Allison and his hand stiffened on the control. A group of about 20 youths pelted the fire engine with bricks and stones, breaking the windscreen and side window. The windscreen is deeper than it is wide, creating a feeling of lightness and airiness inside. Ensure they are working well before driving the car, and never operate wipers on a dry windscreen as this can cause scratches. A TEENAGER was jailed yesterday after threatening men with a handsaw and smashing a car windscreen. Dudley wanted to show me the commutator on the exhaust-box or the windscreen, or something, and he was just bending over when Eustace jumped out from nowhere and pinned him. Auto Windscreens is now urging motorists to check their windscreen before their vehicle's MOT and avoid the potential cost of a re-test and the vehicle being off the road. Find more words! 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