Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] at the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gentleman bocht the donkey fae MacGreigor — it was afore my day though — an it wes two or three days in the field at the front door . |
| 2 | A cat curled up by the boot-scraper at the front door of the Prince 's headquarters where the sentry , a British redcoat , stooped to fondle the animal 's warm fur . |
| 3 | Ahead of him , the guard at the locked door stood up as Nicholson nodded . |
| 4 | That the Assistant Manager emerged later in the day at the same door similarly disoriented is not in doubt either . |
| 5 | Helen Martini left Orkney on Thursday 14 March , and on the Friday presented the petition at the front door of No. 10 Downing Street . |
| 6 | It probably was n't economic in the very small town you know probably you know I do n't , I do n't remember people keeping pigs but if it was collected it probably was collected by the bin at the back door . |
| 7 | The voice at the huge door whispered back , ‘ One woman . |
| 8 | However , the man with the radio at the final door worked for TAP , the state airline , not the airport , so he could not open it for us . |
| 9 | Craig Simpson , 21 , set light to the front door of the house in Tower Green , Middlesbrough , and also set a fire in the dustbin at the back door of the house . |
| 10 | Before any civilised reply could be made , there was a rapping at the front door . |
| 11 | There was a ring at the front door . |
| 12 | For the inexperienced debtor the arrival of a bailiff at the front door could be a harrowing experience , said the National Consumer Council . |
| 13 | The Doctor slid to a halt at the inner door to the main airlock . |
| 14 | So the good Lord 's timely intervention in the form of a burglar at the back door of Steve Sustad 's North London address the night before D-Day might spell bad news for some insurance company , but I sure was n't complaining . |
| 15 | Someone struck a match at the open door of the landing bedroom . |
| 16 | A few minutes after they drove away there was a knock at the front door . |
| 17 | There was a knock at the front door . |
| 18 | Then it happens — there 's a knock at the front door . |
| 19 | There was a knock at the front door . |
| 20 | There was a knock at the front door , and Shelley jumped up to open it . |
| 21 | More of a knock at the back door than a storming of the castle gate perhaps , but something is going right for Jon Solly . |
| 22 | At about six o'clock that evening , there was a knock at the back door . |
| 23 | He would put away the car quietly , leaving the garage open in case the thud of the door woke her , then sneak in like a thief at the back door . |
| 24 | There was a hammering at the outer door to the apartment . |
| 25 | Suddenly you hear a rattling at the back door . |
| 26 | As he took out his pipe , there came a knocking at the front door . |
| 27 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 28 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |