Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 2 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 3 | Adrian Scanlon insisted on driving up to the front door , once I had opened the gate . |
| 4 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 5 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 6 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 7 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
| 8 | The casings were a little way to the right , spilling out of a back door to the club . |
| 9 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 10 | Rohmer was already pushing out through the front door after Duvall . |
| 11 | She was at the top of the steps leading down to the front door of the Moebius Strip . |
| 12 | They had reached a short flight of stone steps leading down to an open door , and she had no idea of how they had arrived there . |
| 13 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 14 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 15 | Going in by the back door |
| 16 | While still leafing through the statements he turned to Sara : ‘ We have a witness who claims to have seen you in Alexandra Road after eleven on Saturday night , and you may know that a woman was seen going in by the back door of this house at half-past . ’ |
| 17 | and peering in through the front door |
| 18 | ‘ Whoever 's that ? ’ said his Mum going through to the front door . |
| 19 | The ground level appeared to be slightly higher than he remembered and there was no sign of the seven semi-circular steps leading up to the front door . |
| 20 | When he reached the steps leading up to the front door of the Guild Office , he found the place in darkness , with no sign of life . |
| 21 | The high marble steps curved upwards , paralleling the flight leading up from the front door . |
| 22 | But for Major 's official papers , the pantechnicon drawing up at the back door might be unnecessary . |
| 23 | The authorities warned young people about the ‘ unhealthy winds ’ blowing in through the open door , such as sexual promiscuity , pornography and prostitution , homosexuality , alcohol abuse and drugs . |
| 24 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 25 | I thought we were going to have a visitor coming in through the back door . |
| 26 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 27 | The library , which had not been in use since Sir John Merchiston 's death some seven years earlier , was a very pleasant room , positioned opposite the ballroom , between Araminta 's parlour and the big saloon , with panelled walls , quantities of shelving , an ivory inlay desk , leather chairs before the fireplace , and a good deal of light , even on this overcast day , coming in from a glazed door leading out into a pretty walled garden . |
| 28 | He would look in the summer-house before coming in by the back door but he seldom found me there now . |
| 29 | It seems that the Battler and Rico let fly at somebody who was coming out of the back door of the Regal Arms . |
| 30 | ‘ Get out ! ’ the Doctor called , running back towards the inner door . |