Example sentences of "[vb past] to the front " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodora moved to the front hall and opened the door . |
| 2 | But he came to the front bench late , as Secretary of State for Employment from 1974 to 1976 , and leader of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1979 . |
| 3 | Leonora Buckmaster came to the front doorway as the Daimler pulled up . |
| 4 | Willis came to the front door dressed only in a pair of trousers . |
| 5 | When it came to the front door , she found she could n't go in . |
| 6 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 7 | He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there . |
| 8 | Lucien stood up and walked to the front edge of the roof . |
| 9 | Lucien walked to the front edge of the roof again , looked down into the street . |
| 10 | Irritably — she really wanted that cup of tea ; she was growing as bad as the British — McAllister turned off the gas ring , blew out the match , and walked to the front door , grumbling to herself , Hold your horses , I 'm coming , I 'm coming , when another urgent series of knocks sounded . |
| 11 | They returned to the front room and , after a light tea of eggs and toast , Willie changed for bed and positioned himself by the armchair , next to Tom . |
| 12 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
| 13 | He switched the hall light off , stumbled to the front door and flung it open . |
| 14 | Diana dashed to the front door wearing the kind of understated clothes appropriate for meeting women who are practically penniless — an ordinary black blazer over a plain white top and a black and white striped skirt . |
| 15 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 16 | They walked up the steps that led to the front door . |
| 17 | She followed a makeshift , stepping-stone path , through a rapidly deepening quagmire of mud which led to the front door , and knocked loud and firm upon the solid oak panels . |
| 18 | The gravelled drive split into two ; one branch led to the front door , the other to the back of the house and , according to a finger post , to waiting room and surgery . |
| 19 | ‘ This way , ’ he was instructing , leading her on brisk strides up the double stone staircase that led to the front door . |
| 20 | Tony 's feet crunched over white pebbles , on the path that led to the front door of the insurance company where he spent seven hours a day hunched over claim-forms . |
| 21 | I wonder why you did n't phone your lawyer before I ever got to the front door . ’ |
| 22 | I only realized what it was when I got to the front door . |
| 23 | say got to the front door |
| 24 | Several times Moran went to the front door to look towards the road . |
| 25 | Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it . |
| 26 | Henry went to the front hall , put the chicken and the jack on the table by the front door and trudged back out to the Passat . |
| 27 | And she went to the front door and knocked , and a little bent-up man appeared … ’ |
| 28 | Jack went to the front window of the lounge and looked out between the net curtaining . |
| 29 | Nicholas went to the front window . |
| 30 | He nodded and went to the front door . |