Example sentences of "at the door until " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a clear reference to past failures by an Association which has , in years gone by , been unwilling to respond positively either to anything which is not of its own making , or anybody who is not on its payroll , Pickard went on to state , ‘ If we do not respond , for whatever reasons , keep knocking at the door until someone answers . ’ |
| 2 | Danielle hammered at the door until a face peeped out of the window . |
| 3 | Assisted by Southgate and two sleepy-eyed , half-dressed servants we hammered again at the door until it buckled , creaking and groaning , before snapping back , breaking the lock . |
| 4 | Ropes were wrapped around the log and the servants swung it backwards and forward , hammering at the door until it groaned , cracked , then snapped back on its hinges . |
| 5 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room , his presence the catalyst for so many warring emotions within her that she stared at him with mutinous , tear-filled eyes . |
| 6 | She was scarcely aware of the tapping at the door until it opened and Niall came into the room . |