Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand [prep] the doorway " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stand in the doorway of the front room , looking at the two bundles against the far wall . |
| 2 | I stood at the doorway , waiting . |
| 3 | When I stood at the doorway , hesitating to dash into the pouring rain , I could see that the landscape had moved with the date . |
| 4 | He opened it ; I stood in the doorway while he approached the creature . |
| 5 | I stood in the doorway , feeling quite dazed with loneliness , looking at the bed where he should have been lying . |
| 6 | I stood in the doorway uncertainly , arm aching from bringing up my hamper . |
| 7 | I stood in the doorway of the sitting-room and said that I had . |
| 8 | She stands in the doorway , chatting with JANE . |
| 9 | For a moment she stood in the doorway , allowing her eyes to adjust to the gloomy interior . |
| 10 | After all , she said so herself almost five months ago , as she stood in the doorway and bade me goodbye . |
| 11 | She stood in the doorway with a man 's night-shirt on and her hair in a plait . |
| 12 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 13 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 14 | Phillis asked , she stood in the doorway . |
| 15 | After they had left , she stood in the doorway and watched them walking down the main street past the square . |
| 16 | Peter often tried to describe what Kate looked like as she stood in the doorway , half in , half out , glancing at her watch and swinging an embroidered bag barely large enough to take a packet of cigarettes . |
| 17 | She stood in the doorway at the end of the corridor , looking into a small polygonal room with a sloping ceiling . |
| 18 | She stood in the doorway . |
| 19 | She stood in the doorway , taking in the lofty whitewashed space with match-boarding to shoulder height and saddle racks full of Stubens and Passats , all clean . |
| 20 | She stood in the doorway , arms folded across her chest . |
| 21 | Motioning for Seb to come to her , she stood in the doorway and in a low voice , said , ‘ There 's someone downstairs to see Anna . |
| 22 | The speaker broke off , turning to stare at her as she stood in the doorway . |
| 23 | Tall and elegant , her silver-grey hair styled into a smooth bob , she stood in the doorway and coolly surveyed Rachel with the same steady , grey-eyed gaze of her son . |
| 24 | We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire . |
| 25 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
| 26 | Belinda knew it would be Tom Russell , but that did n't stop her from flushing foolishly at the sight of him standing in the doorway , jiggling his car keys in his hand . |
| 27 | He stands in the doorway , forcing me to continue dripping in the hall , and says : |
| 28 | He stood at the doorway regarding the room with approval before he said , ‘ Thank you , girls — you 've done an excellent job . ’ |
| 29 | He stood in the doorway , his nose bloody , his face marked with tears . |
| 30 | He stood in the doorway , blinking in the dimness . |