Example sentences of "stand [prep] the [adj] doorway " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 2 | I walk back up the steps and stand in the open doorway with the gun smoking by my side . |
| 3 | The old woman was crouched like a bundle of rags in the corner of the hut and Simon was standing in the open doorway . |
| 4 | ‘ Kevin 's room , ’ she said , standing in the open doorway . |
| 5 | ‘ Now here 's your Dad , ’ says Cheryl , standing in the living-room doorway . |
| 6 | He stood in the shattered doorway , confronting his monster , a shadow among shadows . |
| 7 | Father Kinsella stood in the open doorway , looking up at the sky . |
| 8 | Connon , rather pale but perfectly composed , wearing a dark suit and a black tie , stood in the open doorway . |
| 9 | For a while I stood by the shattered doorway , wondering what to do . |