Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 2 | He moved towards the inner door by which he had entered , no long time ago . |
| 3 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 4 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 5 | Silly-Willie met her in the hall , he came from the farthest door ; his step was as fast and light as his dancing . |
| 6 | He nodded towards the open door . |
| 7 | Blind panic now ruled him ; he raced through the connecting door into the shop , ransacked the till and then hurriedly retreated through the back door , locking it and throwing the key into the ditch . |
| 8 | He ducked into the first door down the hall . |
| 9 | He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there . |
| 10 | He walked to the back door and peered out into the blackness . |
| 11 | He walked through the communicating door into his own room , leaving it open while he dressed . |
| 12 | When he walked in the stable door accompanied by his usual aroma , the foal fastened her ears to the back of her neck and attempted to attack him with feet and teeth ! |
| 13 | He knocked on the green-painted door and after a brief interval it was opened . |
| 14 | He knocked on the back door . |
| 15 | Karen Schendel looked up and smiled at Whitlock when he knocked on the open door . |
| 16 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 17 | He glanced at the main door . |
| 18 | The Don/R spread his legs so he was holding the bike up , then he rapped on the back door of the Transit with a gauntleted hand . |
| 19 | He leapt towards the front door , scooping his anorak off the hallstand as he went . |
| 20 | Will the limbless Mr Azul think I 'm the guy he saw at the front door ? |
| 21 | With swift steps he crossed to the glazed door and saw her crouched before a flowerbed , apparently engrossed in the task of tugging weeds from between the flowering rose bushes . |
| 22 | He went towards the front door with pleasurable anticipation . |
| 23 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 24 | He went through the green door in the Customs Hall and out into the main lounge . |
| 25 | Her glance flew after him , watching as he shouldered past the clutching fingers of the palms until he disappeared through the far door . |
| 26 | The last time that that young person went into secure accommodation in Middlesbrough , he went in through the front door at 3.30 pm , and at 5.30 pm he disappeared out the back door and stole a car to make his escape . |
| 27 | He turned on his heel then , thudding his coffee-cup down on the table as he strode towards the front door . |
| 28 | He spoke from the front door . |
| 29 | He paused at the front door as she showed him out . |
| 30 | He ran to the open door to catch up with her when , suddenly , a man wearing a hood over his head pushed past him and nearly knocked him over . |