Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | He padded through the hall , up the four flights of stairs to the little landing where you either went straight ahead and out onto the battlements , or ducked through the wee door into the observatory . |
| 2 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
| 3 | Charles switched off his torch with a dull click and moved towards the half-open door . |
| 4 | Taking it up , and with no very clear idea of what she meant to do — apart from escaping from the humiliations to which she had been subjected — Theda crept out of the room , down two sets of stairs , and slunk past the open door of the coffee-room , where the landlord 's voice was joined to those of his wife and the gentleman . |
| 5 | We drove up the drive and came to the back door ; there were no police there either . |
| 6 | Grabbing Maura 's hand she ran up the stairs and banged on the front door with her fists , demanding to be let in . |
| 7 | He gave another hollow laugh and swivelled towards the main door . |
| 8 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
| 9 | " No more fooling ! " he said as he snatched the bundle from Mama 's arms and rushed out the back door . |
| 10 | Then we used to sniff , you know , and Mrs come and knocked on the front door says er , our house is asleep do you mind not playing , you know . |
| 11 | He went to her house and knocked on the green door . |
| 12 | Without ceremony , we headed past all these busy people and knocked on the half-open door of the secretary 's office . |
| 13 | Whitlock left the suite and knocked on the adjoining door . |
| 14 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 15 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 16 | Maxim got up and walked through the inner door . |
| 17 | A short figure turned the corner and walked towards the mysterious door . |
| 18 | Irritably — she really wanted that cup of tea ; she was growing as bad as the British — McAllister turned off the gas ring , blew out the match , and walked to the front door , grumbling to herself , Hold your horses , I 'm coming , I 'm coming , when another urgent series of knocks sounded . |
| 19 | I found the café depressing , and walked to the open door and watched a goose waddle down the lane , her goslings in obedi-ent Indian file . |
| 20 | She slung the bag over her shoulder and stepped towards the front door . |
| 21 | When she had the hackles high on her shoulders , when she whined and scratched at the back door , then the house was watched . |
| 22 | As he stood there , a woman , heavily swathed in black drapes , turned into the driveway of the school and started towards the front door . |
| 23 | So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers . |
| 24 | Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it . |
| 25 | He nodded and went to the front door . |
| 26 | Adam put the phone down and went to the front door . |
| 27 | ‘ Am I likely to forget ? ’ she retorted as they left the car and went towards the front door . |
| 28 | After holding her gaze just long enough to finalise the threat he turned and went towards the front door of the house , picking up her overnight bag from the terrace as he went . |
| 29 | Shivering a little , she fumbled for her key and went towards the front door . |
| 30 | Paulette cradled her cup of ale and stared through the open door into the stableyard where chickens pecked at oats and Sharpe 's dog twitched in exhausted sleep . |