Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] at [art] door " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Cornelius found himself at a door . |
2 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
3 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
4 | ‘ Lissa , ’ Adam greeted her at the door . |
5 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
6 | The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky . |
7 | Mrs Bennett waylaid her at the door of the little sitting-room which Celia had designated for her and Brian 's everyday use . |
8 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |
9 | Anne caught her at the door to the bedroom . |
10 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
11 | Wood met him at the door . |