Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] at the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 2 | He saw the King to the gates and , coming back , heard the clangour of Elfswitha 's malevolence before he arrived at the door of their chamber . |
| 3 | He tilted his head as he paused at the door . |
| 4 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 5 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 6 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |