Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night in bed I thought I heard knocking at the cottage door . |
| 2 | A deeper allegiance than his love for the children of the Anglo-Irish landlord he had worked for since he was a homeless lad knocking at the kitchen door to ask for a cup of tea and an odd job . |
| 3 | Doctor Rossitter came and dressed Susan 's arm , which he said was much better ; and in the afternoon Breeze left her sister safely tucked up and she was knocking at the Vicarage door on the stroke of three . |
| 4 | Gilbert was fidgeting with his gloves again , looking at the basement door as Jimmy rolled to his knees and tried to keep from retching . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said Jimmy dryly , still looking at the office door . |
| 6 | She ran up to listen at the bedroom door again . |
| 7 | You will not be flirting at the kitchen door with the milkman and the coalman , and Matey will not be chasing you for doing so . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes , but not too often , there was the sound of a window being broken , whereupon a general speedy exodus took place , with the consequent panic whenever a knock came at the street door during the next few days . |
| 9 | The two officers outside , having spent a great deal of time and effort befriending the young boxer dogs Lila kept to ward off unwanted guests , scratched at the kitchen door in imitation of the dogs . |
| 10 | Poor Kodiak whined and scratched at the verandah door as we drove off . |
| 11 | ’ He turned at the kitchen door . |
| 12 | The caddie house was their bar where they drank bottled beer bought at the club door — but more of the Artisans later . |
| 13 | She heard a sound in the hall behind her and then Gordon was pulling at the hall door , opening it wider and shouting . |
| 14 | Temptation proved too strong one night when there were some naval cadets in the audience who threw flowers and chocolates up to the troupe and were waiting at the stage door after the show . |
| 15 | A junior night sister was waiting at the dining-room door that next evening . |
| 16 | A short tubby man was waiting at the Font door in grey overalls , beaming . |
| 17 | You stand at the iron door |
| 18 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
| 19 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 20 | The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door . |
| 21 | However , on November 26th 1676 , six constables , four beadles and several others were set at the chapel doors in order to arrest Baxter . |
| 22 | She glanced at Caspar and saw that he was staring at the silver door . |
| 23 | Claire appears at the bathroom door . |
| 24 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 25 | Every day St John taught one Bible lesson at the school , and Miss Oliver , who knew her power over him , always chose that particular moment to arrive at the school door , in her most attractive riding dress . |
| 26 | You take out your penknife and cut a couple of eye-holes , continually glancing at the bathroom door . |
| 27 | And like a mad woman she pulled her hair loose , and rushed at the forge door , which I had , luckily , locked . |
| 28 | But I listened at the bedroom door when you found my terminal . |
| 29 | Kenne looked at the saloon door . |
| 30 | I looked at the bedroom door . |