Example sentences of "door and [vb past] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah that 's , that 's okay it 's just er I mean I would like to feel you would introduce me if they actually knocked on the door and came in this evening otherwise they 'd think would n't you , I mean |
| 2 | She opened the door and stared in astonishment at the tall , strongly built man who was standing with his hand raised for another assault on her bell . |
| 3 | Massingham walked over to Berowne 's jacket hanging on a hook at the back of the door and felt in the two outer and one inner pockets . |
| 4 | When she put her head round the door and asked in her usual , conspiratorial manner if he wanted tea , Henry said , ‘ Tea would be a delight , my dear ! ’ |
| 5 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 6 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 7 | Stirling kicked open the door and threw in a grenade , apparently saying ‘ Here , catch . ’ |
| 8 | She leaned against the wooden wall , and tried to flatten herself as a tall thin man came out of an adjacent door and turned in her direction . |
| 9 | Just then the mid-wife told Mrs Mitchell to get up and pace the room and simultaneously we crashed against the door and ended in a heap on the floor . |
| 10 | She crossed the dinosaur gallery , carefully averting her eyes from her own display , unlocked the solid door and arrived in the security and peace of her own office . |
| 11 | The big man beat on the door and shouted in the high nasal tone of the Caucasus , slammed his fist into the woodwork , demanded attention . |
| 12 | Sometimes he simply hung over the bank and untied the boat , other times he rattled a stick against the boathouse door and shouted in a gruff , common voice — he was a good mimic — ‘ Who 's there ? |
| 13 | Amiss allowed half a minute to pass before he pushed open the door and stood in front of the quintet . |