Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] at the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah 's Witness called at the door earlier . |
| 2 | While it is undoubtedly true that there are advantageous settlements negotiated at the door of the Court , the actual cost to the defender in settling at that stage is significant insofar as in the majority of cases it is the defender who will have to meet the whole cost of preparation for the Proof by both parties , including attendance of witnesses , Counsel 's fees and so forth . |
| 3 | After lunch the Community gathered at the door to wave goodbye , and as the coach drew away , several happy people promised to return soon to Brettargh Holt . |
| 4 | This would seem to be unnecessarily pessimistic and may be a conclusion laid at the door of present organisational configurations in our schools . |
| 5 | A knock sounded at the door . |
| 6 | Sometimes the dog scratched at the door to be let in . |
| 7 | The dog scratched at the door , but Theda turned and looked at her . |
| 8 | The Woman pushed at the door , behind Doyle 's chair , and when he moved sideways she stepped in . |
| 9 | No , the woman called at the door not long ago . |
| 10 | Collection taken at the door 13/7 . |
| 11 | Merrill was drying her hair on Saturday afternoon when Diane from the next flat knocked at the door and held out a letter addressed to Merrill , explaining that it had been included with her junk mail which she had ignored until a moment ago . |
| 12 | If it was raining , a handbell rung at the door indicated that we were to go straight to the classrooms . |
| 13 | Finn pushed at the door , which stuck momentarily on a thick doormat as if unwilling to let them in . |
| 14 | The charge of political bias laid at the door of critics , and the claim that their own scientific activities were neutral , leaves only one way out — to make out that the problem lies in technical factors of production that constrain maximum yield performance in maize , and not in the interrelationship between social conditions of inequality and the new technologies which CIMMYT and IRRI were developing . |
| 15 | Whither Brecht now , on the lure of the good old days ; not to mention the nostalgia laid at the door of romantic anti-capitalism ? |
| 16 | The buttocks hammered at the door as if they were fucking it . |
| 17 | A Conservative candidate knocked at the door of a run-down council flat one evening at 7pm . |
| 18 | Money taken at the door will go to the Sports and Social Club . |
| 19 | Notice was given within that time-limit by ‘ exploit ’ of a huissier acting for the appellant and a copy posted at the door of the courthouse . |