Example sentences of "[verb] at the door and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pets , he just wants to say hello , you knock at the door and this Afghan wolfhound is playing in the back there , take it in the kitchen and they say to you he only wants to say hello , that 's right |
| 2 | I said , people that knock at the door and say , the taxi 's ready the taxi man does n't come and do it . |
| 3 | In a clever piece of bridgework between the two , the poet is interrupted by an old friend who comes knocking at the door and calling his name . |
| 4 | He stopped at the door and smiled at her . |
| 5 | Athelstan stopped at the door and looked back . |
| 6 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 7 | But the Venezuelan turned at the door and ordered us to come downstairs and drink with them . |
| 8 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 9 | Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20 |
| 10 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 11 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
| 12 | Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) . |
| 13 | Seb hammered at the door and tugged at the bell-pull but without anyone answering . |
| 14 | He stares at the door and his eyes lose focus . |
| 15 | Yet when she arrived , when she knocked at the door and waited outside , bits of the outfit threatened to dissociate , to turn ugly and risible . |
| 16 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |
| 17 | Andrew , now 29 , was 15 that summer when he knocked at the door and introduced himself . |
| 18 | I knocked at the door and was told to enter . |
| 19 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 20 | Most of them were well gone in their cups and offered no objection when Cranston knocked at the door and demanded entrance . |
| 21 | They just knocked at the door and said how would you care to take part ? |
| 22 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 23 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 24 | What I used to do with a youngster was to knock at the door and his mother would say , ‘ Oh , God , what have you done ? ’ |
| 25 | This was the moment when Melody chose to knock at the door and Anna 's head jerked back , away from him . |
| 26 | And they forgot to knock at the door and make themselves known to the people inside . |
| 27 | She had completed her notes when someone tapped at the door and entered . |
| 28 | Lindsey was putting the finishing touches to her notes when someone tapped at the door and a dark-haired girl popped her head round . |
| 29 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 30 | Knocked at the door and these Pekes starting yakking away . |