Example sentences of "i [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can at least decide and call to me through the door , whatever you are busy with . ’ |
| 2 | He pushed me through the door , face forward , so I could n't see him . |
| 3 | He prodded me through the door . |
| 4 | ‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . |
| 5 | Perhaps she could smell me through the door . |
| 6 | I on the door . |
| 7 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Now let's go , ’ he said , dragging me towards the door . |
| 9 | When the captain came back , the man pulled me behind the door . |
| 10 | " They wo n't let me inside the door of an inn . " |
| 11 | He grabbed my elbow and dragged me to the door . |
| 12 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 13 | She picked up the second carrier bag and saw me to the door with it . |
| 14 | After our interview , he accompanied me to the door . |
| 15 | He picked up his wallet with his free hand , and sort of tugged me to the door . |
| 16 | Now , perhaps Bobbie can take me to the door ? ’ |
| 17 | Hoo-Woo took me to the door where I first came in . |
| 18 | She said , come along hold my hand as well and er , I 'll tell my son tha that , that er Mr 's son took me to the door . |
| 19 | I would n't let her take me beyond the door . |
| 20 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 21 | A talkative Bruce Willis dropped me outside the London flat fifteen minutes later ( you can assess the situation on the way upstairs ) , and Kenneth came down to meet me at the door . |
| 22 | When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ . |
| 23 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 24 | The Champ greets me at the door to his mother 's house in Louisville . |
| 25 | I thought she would grow really angry but instead she just pushed past me at the door . |
| 26 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 27 | The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky . |
| 28 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |