Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November 1990 , they lined up inside the front door to shake the Majors by the hand ; following an election victory , protocol decrees that Turnbull should lead his colleagues in applause . |
| 2 | He came down to the front door with me . |
| 3 | I could relive it every time I came in through the front door . |
| 4 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 5 | There was a layer of grey-blue smoke in the room at about shoulder level , and a big wave in it , probably produced by me as I came in through the double doors of the back porch . |
| 6 | He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair . |
| 7 | He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out . |
| 8 | Her father came in through the back door . |
| 9 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 10 | Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door . |
| 11 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 12 | Vitor strolled over to the open door to look out at the house with its quaint latticed windows , its white-painted shutters , the walls awash with waterfalls of crimson bougainvillaea . |
| 13 | As they drove up to the main door Louise tried not to be emotional . |
| 14 | A late arrival came out between the automatic doors , stared at the queue , walked back inside to join the uniformed chauffeur who had been waiting and holding a card . |
| 15 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
| 16 | I came out of the front door and fitted the key into the familiar lock . |
| 17 | As she opened the gate , some people came out of the front door — an elderly couple with Susan behind them . |
| 18 | Peter drove slowly past the gates — the dignified gates through which most of his predecessors had stepped on their way to the church — and , as he did so , the new owner came out of the front door and clearly observed the dawdling and curious car . |
| 19 | She could see lights on inside and men moving about , and as she stood there a policeman in uniform came out of the front door . |
| 20 | On the Tuesday morning he was whistling as he came out of the front door . |
| 21 | ‘ You came out of the main door ? ’ |
| 22 | Gazzer came out of the main doors of St Mark 's . |
| 23 | She ran back through the kitchen and down the steps into the lower scullery , but when she came out by the back door and looked across to the wall , Tristram was not be seen . |
| 24 | Time to get out of there before she was roped in to help , she thought , and sneaked out of the main doors into the deluge that was still cascading down . |
| 25 | From Montrose , on 3 February 1716 , he wrote a final despairing appeal to the French regent seeking immediate help , but the following day he sneaked out of the back door of his house , just as his father had left Whitehall nearly 30 years before , taking Mar with him , having appointed a new Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , Lieutenant-General Alexander Gordon . |
| 26 | Theodora circled the house in the direction of the arrow and came round to the back door . |
| 27 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 28 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 29 | Danny raced out of the back door , yelling , ‘ Dad , Gran says tea 's nearly ready ! |
| 30 | Downstairs there were two rooms , and a short staircase led up from the front door to two attic bedrooms with tiny skylights in the roof . |