Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky . |
| 5 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |
| 6 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |