Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] at the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sooner than he wanted , the sensor at the door of his quarters chimed softly . |
| 2 | I handed him the key at the door , the same key . |
| 3 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room , his presence the catalyst for so many warring emotions within her that she stared at him with mutinous , tear-filled eyes . |
| 4 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room . |
| 5 | No , he 'll be lying there wondering how to act ordinary , waiting for the anonymous car , the ring at the door . |
| 6 | ‘ The play suffered not from wrong direction , but from wrong production , ’ he maintains and firmly lays the fault at the door of the H. M. Tennent organization . |
| 7 | I explained about the impasse at the door of the horse car . |
| 8 | " I 'm Thursday , " said the girl at the door of Lorne 's penthouse . |
| 9 | I want to talk to him , ’ he says to the guard at the door . |
| 10 | ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention . |
| 11 | Only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door and watching him change the locks . |
| 12 | As The Economist pointed out , ‘ only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door and watching him change the locks ’ . |
| 13 | Although with regard to young offenders he cites possible mitigating factors such as the temptations of the affluent society and the frustrations of dead-end jobs , he nevertheless lays the blame at the door of the ‘ new aggressiveness and hostility to authority ’ . |
| 14 | Citing an additional reason for the change of tack , he went on to suggest that ‘ laying the blame at the door of Libya will lift a burden from the shoulders of diplomats working to reconvene the Middle East peace conference and to release the last remaining British hostage in Lebanon , Mr Terry Waite . |
| 15 | Jay Chauhan , director of the Asian Forum , said ‘ It would be easy for us to lay the blame at the door of Western society . |
| 16 | ‘ Time to go home , ’ she said , and kissed Jay gently on the cheek at the door . |
| 17 | She gazed across the room at the door he kicked shut behind him , biting her lip . |
| 18 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 19 | The first mother to tell her sad story was clearly upset ; Mrs H described the knock at the door that woke her and her invalid husband at seven o'clock . |
| 20 | The knock at the door was respectful . |
| 21 | Chris and Pauline are in bed when they hear the knock at the door . |
| 22 | And then , only a few minutes later , the knock at the door . |
| 23 | He heard the knock at the door . |
| 24 | Debtors have difficult choices about whom to pay first ; often they will pay the person at the door at the time . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't tell me , let me guess : the scratching at the door , the piteous crying , the sucked-in ever-so-thin ribs … ’ |
| 26 | The wolf at the door ? ’ |
| 27 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 28 | and while he was talking to the woman he saw in the hall an elderly woman , and he said to the woman at the door , is that your mother , she said oh yes she 's with me now , she used to live at Woodbridge . |
| 29 | I thanked him and tore up the prescription at the door . |
| 30 | I heard Jean-Claude thud down the stairs and greet the man at the door . |