Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 2 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 3 | Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door . |
| 4 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 5 | But for Major 's official papers , the pantechnicon drawing up at the back door might be unnecessary . |
| 6 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 7 | When she walked in at the back door Mrs Peterson said : ‘ You 're back then . |
| 8 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 9 | They said no more then , for the coach had pulled up at the main door . |
| 10 | Some writers ostensibly agree with the principle , yet sneak in at the back door and cosh the reader with a highly personal style . |