Example sentences of "the door when " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had brought out his lists , four sheets , and had got them half fixed to the door when Allan knocked him aside and tore them down and then spent an hour , with James 's help , going down the names and telling the young men to their faces whether or not they were listed . |
| 2 | He stood up , stony-faced , and was turning to the door when James Menzies held up his hand and said , ‘ Wait — wait — that is only half the business . ’ |
| 3 | As solid cherry doors are pre-varnished , protect the surface of the door when using cramps |
| 4 | Liming wax is scrubbed on to the door when the dye has completely dried . |
| 5 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 6 | She dropped a curtsey and was waiting to be allowed through the door when Mrs Eckley said , ‘ Is this not Wilson , whom I have heard so much about , Ba ? ’ |
| 7 | May we not be afraid of opening the door when we feel aware of God waiting to enter our lives . |
| 8 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
| 9 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 10 | He was so tall that his steel helmet grated gently against the top of the door when he came in . |
| 11 | Well , the first time he came out of the door when he was a little better , he shouted for Dick , who was in the top pasture . |
| 12 | She 'd almost reached the door when suddenly a gunshot sounded , shattering the stillness . |
| 13 | The Bradfords would soon put her out of the door when they heard she was having a baby , but she did n't know where she would go . |
| 14 | He collects it from the door when it arrives to spare her the embarrassment of being seen by the boy . |
| 15 | The young man , Martin Grant , struggling through the throng , managed to get to the door when the sirens and the flashing blue lights outside the window heralded the arrival of uniformed reinforcements . |
| 16 | But in Heartbreak Hotel , which has a real deep echo , they had a speaker set up at one end of this long hallway and a microphone at the other end , and a sign on the door saying ‘ DO N'T OPEN THE DOOR WHEN THE RED LIGHT IS ON ’ . |
| 17 | Hendrik Scholte eyed the stranger suspiciously — hotel-keepers invariably did — and was on the point of showing Vincent the door when his wife intervened . |
| 18 | Mum looked pleadingly at him but not a word was said between any of us until he was opening the door to leave and Dad said , ‘ Bloody good riddance , an' do n't bang the door when you go , I 've only just mended it . ’ |
| 19 | Gurder was lurking suspiciously in a patch of shadow by the door when they came past , arms and legs going like pistons . |
| 20 | He had turned and was starting to walk towards the door when he received a full blast from her as she yelled , ‘ Do n't you tell me to shut up ! you young prig , else you 'll find the door locked on you . |
| 21 | The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire . |
| 22 | But the wine in her system made her incautious ; she fumbled with the chain , and was in the act of opening the door when doubt entered her head . |
| 23 | Invited by Hawke Systems Ltd , Slough , Berkshire , to cast a glance over DEC 's Alpha boxes last week , Unigram.X was turned away at the door when DEC UK officials turned white at the mention of press . |
| 24 | A bell jangled above the door when Philpott entered the shop , followed by Sabrina and Kolchinsky . |
| 25 | She had closed the door When Nick was quiet , which was almost at once ( cold water was almost as hateful as spiders ) Miss Evans whispered timidly through it . |
| 26 | Stepping up onto the landing , he was about to walk over to the door when a large hand dropped onto his shoulder . |
| 27 | I had n't got three feet inside the door when there was a soft movement behind , and something hard was pushed into my kidneys . |
| 28 | He was already by the door when she managed a belated thank you . |
| 29 | Her arse was hardly out of the door when the Colonel turned on Betty . |
| 30 | Bobbie and Phyllis took the box down to the Post Office , and put it inside the door when the old woman was n't looking . |