Example sentences of "[pron] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All clear , Charles ? ’ shouted the man at the head of the queue to someone at the door . |
| 2 | There 's someone at the door — see who it is . |
| 3 | There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out . |
| 4 | There 's someone at the door — it 's probably the gas man . |
| 5 | On realizing that there was someone at the door , he quickened his pace , so that our view of him was a fugitive one . |
| 6 | Twenty-four in four separate bags for the freezer — listen , there 's someone at the door — can you deliver ? |
| 7 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 8 | Ah , god Who 's that , someone at the door give me that Kim was |
| 9 | Jane is there someone at the door ? |
| 10 | There 's someone at the door . |
| 11 | Cornelius found himself at a door . |
| 12 | At 9.55 he presented himself at the door of the tall and impassive apartment-house a block back from Great Portland Street in the Marble Arch district . |
| 13 | His fingernails were broken and bloody from when he had thrown himself at the door and torn at it , in the moment when he realised that he had been shut into the stall , and what was going to happen next . |
| 14 | I thought that was brilliant , is there somebody at the door ? |
| 15 | There 's somebody at the door . |
| 16 | Did n't even tell somebody at the door ! |
| 17 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 18 | Say ooh there 's somebody at the door , have to go . |
| 19 | ooh our Michael , ooh , ooh there 's somebody at the door , I 'll have to go . |
| 20 | And you could have ten minutes on the phone and say ooh I 'll have to go , there 's somebody at the door . |
| 21 | The salty , fishy odour of baccala ( dried salt cod ) hits you at the door , and there is a good selection of Spanish pork products , not forgetting chorizo sausage and serrano ham . |
| 22 | I think there might be a parcel for you at the door is it ? |
| 23 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 24 | Now imagine that instead of sitting behind his desk your boss had met you at the door and ushered you to a seat , then pulled up a chair next to you . |
| 25 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
| 26 | and we went in and like the vicar greets you at the door do n't he and she was like up to the vicar like , you know , she 's more fucking heavier than thou |
| 27 | So I says only on one condition if your daddy pi leaves you at the door at school and picks you up |
| 28 | The simplest way to start is to encourage the dog to sit in the required position , even when there is no one at the door . |
| 29 | A serving-maid to all intents and purposes , she had presented herself at the door which gave access to the rear stairs , the garden stairs , which led to the royal apartments . |
| 30 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |