Example sentences of "door [coord] [verb] out " in BNC.

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1 And he 's not answering the door or coming out .
2 ‘ We have the ‘ revolving-door ’ syndrome where people who have been sent to jail go in one door and come out the other . ’
3 Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard .
4 ‘ You did n't think of opening your door and looking out into the corridor ? ’ she asked .
5 At first he refused to answer , then realised that no assassin would make such a noise so went down to the door and called out : ‘ Who 's there ? ’
6 Miss Merchiston opened the door and called out in a piercing shriek for Mrs Diggory .
7 Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi .
8 He opened his door and got out , leaving the engine running .
9 She jerked open the car door and got out .
10 She opened the car door and got out , stretching .
11 Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair .
12 Philip pressed his face against the glass of the door and stared out .
13 There was no sound from below and , carefully , Craig opened a door and stared out into the shabby passageway .
14 Preston opened the back door and stared out into the garden .
15 And he stepped calmly towards the door and disappeared out of the house .
16 He began hammering on the door and calling out Maidstone 's name .
17 The dream lingered through the endless moments while I trudged up the clinging sand , seeing our little cottage grow larger and more ominous , till suddenly it was if the film director grew tired and cut to me opening the cupboard door and peeping out .
18 With a taunting smile , he opened the back door and sauntered out .
19 But when she pushed open the door and walked out on to the terrace the only car to be seen was their family-sized four-door saloon hired from Pisa airport .
20 ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’
21 He opened the safe door and took out the fish as though it were stuffed with rubies .
22 Victorine opened the fridge door and took out a fluted blue bowl clotted with white .
23 He pulled open a door and took out a decanter and a balloon snifter .
24 As he opened the door and looked out he thought he heard the squeak of a tricycle .
25 I went over to the rear door and looked out , seeing a little open boarding platform with a polished brass-topped balustrade and , beyond , the Canadian Pacific 's single pair of rails streaming away into darkness .
26 He walked to the door and looked out , but no one was there and all was still .
27 Jim thought , ‘ Hello , is someone coming up to keep me company ? ’ and went to the door and looked out down the steps .
28 I got up , opened the door and looked out .
29 Motioning them both to silence , he walked to the door and looked out .
30 It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle .
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