Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] at [art] door " in BNC.

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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 .
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