Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun sg] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at the bedroom door . |
| 2 | But I listened at the bedroom door when you found my terminal . |
| 3 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 4 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 5 | He had been fifteen years her senior when they met at the church door but he had been slimmer then , fleet as a greyhound , a veritable Hector on the battlefield and a Paris in the bedchamber . |
| 6 | ’ He turned at the kitchen door . |
| 7 | Late one night he appeared at the sitting-room door , pale and shaking , crying , ‘ Compeyson , she 's there ! |
| 8 | He paused at the bedroom door but the vague shape amid the bedclothes did not speak or stir . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
| 10 | He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars . |