Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [prep] the [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 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 4 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 7 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 8 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 9 | Going in by the back door |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | and peering in through the front door |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 14 | I thought we were going to have a visitor coming in through the back door . |
| 15 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 16 | He would look in the summer-house before coming in by the back door but he seldom found me there now . |
| 17 | Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room . |