Example sentences of "door and [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I open the door and burst into the warm night air . |
| 2 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
| 3 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 4 | Massingham walked over to Berowne 's jacket hanging on a hook at the back of the door and felt in the two outer and one inner pockets . |
| 5 | The Persian closed the door and went to the big mirror on one wall . |
| 6 | I knocked on the open door and strode into the front room trusting that Patterson was right behind me . |
| 7 | Seb hammered at the door and tugged at the bell-pull but without anyone answering . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 9 | She pushed open the door and moved into the strange world of sparkling glass and soft carpets . |
| 10 | He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler . |
| 11 | The big man beat on the door and shouted in the high nasal tone of the Caucasus , slammed his fist into the woodwork , demanded attention . |
| 12 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |