Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beware of dangerous situations — take a taxi rather than late-night lifts home , never stay late at work alone with a male colleague , or accept an offer to escort you to the door of your hotel room ; |
| 2 | Runner jumped violently as Joe slapped him on his shoulder , but moved passively as the landlord helped him to the door . |
| 3 | Fall down , then fly up the pipe , use flying power to get the weight above you , go right , fall down , fall down again , go left to the main wall , jump up and throw the weight onto the button , go up the pipe , right , up on the lift and collect the weight , go left , fall down and throw the weight on the button , go down , right , up on the lift , left and up the pipe , go right ( dodge the guillotine ) and leg it to the door . |
| 4 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 5 | ‘ Afraid of the dark ? ’ he said gently , as he shepherded her to the door . |
| 6 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 7 | Then she showed them to the door . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll see you to the door , Tony . ’ |
| 9 | Amy helped him up and showed him to the door while Kath stripped off her gown and gloves . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , we do open to the public now , as you know , but oh ! the bills , and the staff want paying , ’ she said as she showed us to the door . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Sue , one of the reporters , followed them to the door and then turned to Kathleen . |
| 13 | They kept newspaper cuttings on how dangerous the streets were , and stuck them to the door of the fridge with little magnets . |
| 14 | The clock on the mantelpiece chimed the half-hour , seven thirty , as I walked her to the door . |
| 15 | Then he put a hand on her elbow to guide her to the door . |
| 16 | And we would have seen how her eyes followed him to the door . |
| 17 | She followed him to the door ; he got some tools out of the shed and squatted down to unscrew the number plates from his old Renault . |
| 18 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 19 | The dog invariably followed him to the door , as if she expected , with each visitor , that her master would be back . |
| 20 | Haughtily , she followed him to the door . |
| 21 | Signor Gismondi followed her to the door . |
| 22 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 23 | Now , perhaps Bobbie can take me to the door ? ’ |
| 24 | But he was , and looked astounded when the housekeeper of the lodgings — a suspicious woman in greening black clothes , a dirty mob cap on her sparse hair — called him to the door of the gabled house . |
| 25 | So they went found a found a colt in the street , tied it to the door of the houses , there was tying it , some of the by-standers asked them what are you doing , untying that colt . |
| 26 | Occasionally an English translation is given , as of " A Fair Day " and in Thomas Pattison 's " The Gaelic Bards , " published in 1864 , we find — " But hark , a note of music touched mine ear , Come , we will trace it up this flight of steps , Built to an outer wall with clumsy flags , Whose rough ascent conducts us to the door now open wide , inviting customers . |
| 27 | Occasionally an English translation is given , as of " A Fair Day " and in Thomas Pattison 's " The Gaelic Bards , " published in 1864 , we find — " But hark , a note of music touched mine ear , Come , we will trace it up this flight of steps , Built to an outer wall with clumsy flags , Whose rough ascent conducts us to the door now open wide , inviting customers . |
| 28 | She struggled to her feet to see him to the door . |
| 29 | Shelley stood up too , to see him to the door . |
| 30 | He led her to the door and opened it for her . |