Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] the front [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bell rings and as I approach the front door I can see Mrs Marsh through the frosted glass . |
| 2 | I felt like Father Christmas as I entered the front door of the cottage to be welcomed like a long-lost son . |
| 3 | The café looked deserted as I approached the front door . |
| 4 | Maura breathed a sigh of relief as she slammed the front door . |
| 5 | The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner . |
| 6 | As she opened the front door the phone began to ring and she rushed to answer it . |
| 7 | Mrs Abigail called out , forcing cheerfulness as she opened the front door . |
| 8 | She crept downstairs , remembering to avoid the creaking step , and padded softly across the living-room floor , hardly daring to breathe as she opened the front door . |
| 9 | As she opened the front door of 97 , Becky could hear Daphne splashing around in the bath . |
| 10 | As she neared the front gates , Glenda Grower rode out from the path to the bicycle sheds and pedalled past her . |
| 11 | As she approached the front entrance , the door suddenly opened and Eleanor came out . |
| 12 | This is were double bed tuck comes into its own , because the single needle per tuck rule no longer applies as soon as we bring the front bed into work and carrying stitches . |
| 13 | ‘ Where are you sleeping ? ’ she asked as we made the front door . |
| 14 | And ordinary soldiers , writing to relatives from the Front in April 1940 , spoke naïvely of their belief that ‘ as long as we have the front soldier Adolf Hitler , there will be only loyalty , bravery , and justice for his people ’ , and that ‘ the most beautiful day in the life of our Führer has still to come ’ , the day on which ‘ all peoples have recovered their freedom , peace , and equality ’ . |
| 15 | As they reached the front door , it flew open in their faces . |
| 16 | As they approached the front door of Greystones Helen heard the telephone ringing within . |
| 17 | ‘ Dinky houses , ’ said David , as they approached the front door . |
| 18 | The coach arrived early in the afternoon , and as it approached the front entrance Silas went out to meet it . |
| 19 | This time he did n't open the door for her , and she had difficulty keeping up as he took the front stairs two at a time . |
| 20 | His tall house loomed over him as he unlocked the front door . |
| 21 | As he reached the front door he saw a strange sight . |
| 22 | John Glover , 53 , was jumped by seven men as he opened the front door of his home . |
| 23 | As he opened the front door to his rooms , his shirt collar was slightly damp . |
| 24 | ‘ The man next door , ’ he drawled , eyes narrowing as he closed the front door . |
| 25 | He sighed as he rang the front doorbell . |
| 26 | A battered life-size carving of Kean as Shylock greeted Charles as he entered the front door . |