Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes , yes , that 's why it tells us in verse twenty four of Luke thirteen ex exert yourself vigorously to get in through the narrow door |
| 2 | He thought of telling her that he was a friend but friends did n't dive in through the front door ; they did n't have blood on their wrists nor cuts all over their faces ; they did n't have a rope burn round their necks and they wore shirts , at least until they were properly introduced . |
| 3 | I was welcomed in through the front door almost before it was opened , and settled down in front of a Victorian stove that was brimming with hot coals . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 6 | Cold air drifted in through the front door . |
| 7 | I could relive it every time I came in through the front door . |
| 8 | She went in through the front door , as always . |
| 9 | The last time that that young person went into secure accommodation in Middlesbrough , he went in through the front door at 3.30 pm , and at 5.30 pm he disappeared out the back door and stole a car to make his escape . |
| 10 | and peering in through the front door |
| 11 | It was a shame , really , thought Robert as he lugged a crate of lemonade in through the front door , that it was also the day the whole place was due to be consumed in hell-fire . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cawthorne walked back to the farmhouse and in through the front door . |
| 14 | The first time she rang the bell and went in through the front doors of the elegant old house where the showrooms were situated ( Mattli had no rear entrance ) Paula felt she was stepping into the place of her dreams . |
| 15 | He handed the flowers to Kāli , then drove the cows in through the stable door . |
| 16 | At one end there are double doors , so that you can go in through the outer door and shut it before opening the inner door — which means there 's less chance of a bird escaping . |
| 17 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 18 | Without waiting for an answer , she piled into the back — ‘ Are n't there any seat-belts for the twins ? ’ — and Carol , determined to believe I did not exist , joined her , after loading something which I did n't see in through the rear doors . |
| 19 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 20 | Then , whilst resolutely throwing underconsumption out of the window he allows it to creep in through the back door again with his discursive discussion of the role of labour-power as a commodity and its place in the circulation process . |
| 21 | He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair . |
| 22 | Hank drifted silently in through the back door and deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table and a fair amount of snow on the kitchen floor from his moccasins . |
| 23 | He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you see him come in through the back door ? ’ |
| 27 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 28 | The next morning , without seeing any of the family , who were heaven knew where , she made herself some breakfast under the smiling gaze of Rose or Mary — she did n't know which — and before she could get into a worry as to whether Feargal had meant his offer to take her to Carlingford he walked in through the back door . |
| 29 | Scrambling to her feet , Ellie ran after the racing Terry , down the stairs , out the back door , across the grounds and in through the back door of the restaurant . |
| 30 | It is almost as if someone has allowed subsidiarity in through the back door of the Town Hall , but not announced its arrival to anyone . |