Example sentences of "and [verb] at the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina followed and stopped at the front door . |
| 2 | Experience with 761 had shown that loading and unloading at the same door was too slow on the Promenade . |
| 3 | I climb the stairs and hesitate at the front door . |
| 4 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 5 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 6 | When she had the hackles high on her shoulders , when she whined and scratched at the back door , then the house was watched . |
| 7 | She picked up the binoculars and stared at the front door of the plane . |
| 8 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
| 9 | He crossed the floor silently and listened at the closed door . |
| 10 | That someone reached the landing and appeared at the open door of the bedroom . |
| 11 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 12 | The tide , as predicted , covered the little path by which Peter and Nona had arrived , and lapped at the wooden door . |