Example sentences of "[vb past] out [prep] the [adj] door " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 I came out of the front door and fitted the key into the familiar lock .
4 As she opened the gate , some people came out of the front door — an elderly couple with Susan behind them .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 On the Tuesday morning he was whistling as he came out of the front door .
8 ‘ You came out of the main door ? ’
9 Gazzer came out of the main doors of St Mark 's .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Danny raced out of the back door , yelling , ‘ Dad , Gran says tea 's nearly ready !
14 She walked out of the front door and gave it a satisfying slam behind her .
15 He smiled broadly and he turned from her , munching at the buttered scone , and as he walked out of the back door he heard the sound of a car coming on to the gravel in front of the house .
16 He glanced out of the open door to the garden .
17 She stepped out of the front door and closed it behind her .
18 As she stepped out of the front door , Alexandra felt like a bird finding its cage door opportunely left open .
19 I got a taxi as soon as I stepped out of the back door .
20 As Agnes wriggled out of the far door the big pimp raised his hammer .
21 ‘ I 'll manage , ’ I mumbled and rushed out of the front door . ’
22 They glided out of the back door and leapt into a pit of shadow .
23 I went out of the front door and down the area steps to the basement entrance .
24 Then he crossed the room to collar a departing guest for some last words and they went out of the front door together .
25 In the little hall , Francis put on a waterproof coat and cap and they went out by the back door .
26 About 30 passengers were allowed to leave or slipped out of the back door in Tallinn , leaving some 50 passengers and crew to continue the journey to Stockholm .
27 ‘ Nearly over , ’ she kept whispering to herself , and when everyone was back inside , the music slower , the drink flowing freely , and people began to get up and sing , she slipped out through the french doors .
28 He then marched out of the front door , beyond the scrutiny of the library staff .
29 The widow gathered her children and ran out of the front door seeking protection from another Bengali family thirty yards across the court .
30 She quickly rinsed her cup and plate , collected her purse and jacket and almost ran out of the front door .
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