Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained about the impasse at the door of the horse car . |
| 2 | D'Arcy cast a glance at the door . |
| 3 | No , he 'll be lying there wondering how to act ordinary , waiting for the anonymous car , the ring at the door . |
| 4 | ‘ The play suffered not from wrong direction , but from wrong production , ’ he maintains and firmly lays the fault at the door of the H. M. Tennent organization . |
| 5 | In a confrontation at the door of the House of Commons , she and her friends reminded the MPs that ‘ they had husbands and friends , and they wore swords to defend the libertys of the people , & c . ’ |
| 6 | There was , almost in response to this , a tapping at the door , the knob turned , and he spoke . |
| 7 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room , his presence the catalyst for so many warring emotions within her that she stared at him with mutinous , tear-filled eyes . |
| 8 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room . |
| 9 | Then they had whirled , clattering their way down the back staircase , restraining their gait with one accord at the door dividing Stateliness from the Ordinary . |
| 10 | I handed him the key at the door , the same key . |
| 11 | I want to talk to him , ’ he says to the guard at the door . |
| 12 | There was a stunned silence , then the guests scrambled to leave , but the proprietors of the restaurant stood guard at the door with a policeman . |
| 13 | Lunia , the sympathetic friend and neighbour , who was herself interested in Modigliani , managed to calm him and after that she stood guard at the door to prevent any intrusion . |
| 14 | And she got about half a dozen of the strongest boys from standard one to stand guard at the door . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's waiting in a coach at the door , ’ replied Rose . |
| 16 | ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention . |
| 17 | Only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door and watching him change the locks . |
| 18 | As The Economist pointed out , ‘ only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door and watching him change the locks ’ . |
| 19 | He joined his superior at the door , pulling up the collar of his jacket as they stepped out into the street . |
| 20 | He was closing the bag up when there was another thump at the door . |
| 21 | There was a thump at the door . |
| 22 | But a thump at the door made her scramble back up on to the bed for safety . |
| 23 | He went out , slowly , calmly , ready for the catch question at the door … |
| 24 | Although with regard to young offenders he cites possible mitigating factors such as the temptations of the affluent society and the frustrations of dead-end jobs , he nevertheless lays the blame at the door of the ‘ new aggressiveness and hostility to authority ’ . |
| 25 | Citing an additional reason for the change of tack , he went on to suggest that ‘ laying the blame at the door of Libya will lift a burden from the shoulders of diplomats working to reconvene the Middle East peace conference and to release the last remaining British hostage in Lebanon , Mr Terry Waite . |
| 26 | Jay Chauhan , director of the Asian Forum , said ‘ It would be easy for us to lay the blame at the door of Western society . |
| 27 | " I 'm Thursday , " said the girl at the door of Lorne 's penthouse . |
| 28 | Parents are often heard warning their child at the door to the nursery ‘ Now do n't be naughty today ’ as a farewell rather than ‘ Have a lovely time ’ . |
| 29 | Since then , Back To Basics has n't looked back , refining its relaxed feel , attracting a slightly older crowd , and preserving the enthusiasm and innovation by turning away the wrong sort at the door ( ‘ It 's just letting in people you 'd want as your mate , ’ according to co-founder and one time punk Dave Beer ) . |
| 30 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |