Example sentences of "and [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 2 | Not only that , but the way the light came around the edges and through the door would enable you to perceive clearly and in three dimensions what was happening on the other side of the door ! |
| 3 | He took off again , shouting to the head of the flight , I saw the buses and the windows of the waiting room on my left and dived across the road and through the door . |
| 4 | He was taken across the yard , down a narrow passageway lined with stuffed brown paper sacks of confidential waste , and through the door at its end into the Vine Street Charge Room . |
| 5 | All three men jumped in their seats , and Mike Pumfrey and Fenniway were on their feet in a second and through the door . |
| 6 | Intel needs to do some stroking among this class of customer even though Intel defenders claim the P5 schematics designers are using in the absence of silicon are so exact they should have little trouble getting up and running and out the door once the chips are delivered . |
| 7 | She turns on her heels and tears through the crowd once more and out the door . |
| 8 | He could step out into the ante-room , smoke a cigar , even take a walk around the block , and still be back in plenty of time to escort la Principessa safely through the crowd and out the door . |
| 9 | Cardiff turned to see that Jimmy was manhandling another cabinet from behind one of the hessian screens and towards the door . |
| 10 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
| 11 | You 'd got the toilet there and behind the door , I mean you had to sort of squeeze yourself and shut the door , and behind the door was a shower . |
| 12 | You 'd got the toilet there and behind the door , I mean you had to sort of squeeze yourself and shut the door , and behind the door was a shower . |
| 13 | " On the left hand side within and near the door , still remains the small niche or receptacle for the holy water . |
| 14 | and under the door . |
| 15 | The tea streamed , honey-gold , from a blue pot , and round the door came the cat Hastings , pert of face , in search of cream . |
| 16 | Ralph quickly moved towards the house and round the door peered a small , pale face . |
| 17 | And so they returned to the kitchen again ; and after the meal was put on the table Aggie went through the other room and from the door yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ just the once before returning to the kitchen . |
| 18 | ‘ Miss Garland , ’ sang out the woman in lilac , and the frog princess , sucking her sweet without fear , went forward and inside the door . |
| 19 | Paul Henderson of the Daily Mail is in charge now and he is pushing against my door from the inside , but Today are their rivals , and outside the door is a man from Today in bell-bottoms and platform shoes . |
| 20 | She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock . |
| 21 | She saw a white conservatory full of plants , soft light filling it , a few flowers making knots of dazzling colour ; and at the door , casting a spidery shadow , a long , meagre but erect man , all angles , like a lesser Don Quixote put together out of scrap iron . |
| 22 | Tickets for both concerts are available from the School of Music , 99 Donegall Pass , Belfast BT7 1DR , and at the door . |
| 23 | Tickets £2 ( £1 concessions ) available from members and at the door . |
| 24 | Throughout the day trained police negotiators kept up a dialogue with Mr Say by telephone and at the door of the bungalow . |
| 25 | Tom Tedder and Corbett Farraday were muttering by the door which led into the main school ; the headmaster , towering yet crumpled , was surrounded by a little group of teachers in the centre of his hall ; and by the door leading to the boarding quarters Mrs Crumwallis was going over the events of the night before with her cook , Mrs Garfitt . |
| 26 | Well there were all blue and white balloons hanging up in the hall and by the door just these rows and rows of blue balloons and the door opens outwards |
| 27 | The upsurge in traffic in the 1980s has alas meant that passengers have often had to stand in the centre aisles , in the lobbies , and around the door vestibules . |