Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [art] door [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 2 | At first he refused to answer , then realised that no assassin would make such a noise so went down to the door and called out : ‘ Who 's there ? ’ |
| 3 | I walked along to the door and turned the handle . |
| 4 | As he watched , the two men wandered over to the door that led through to the garden . |
| 5 | I walked over to the door before I spoke to her . |
| 6 | He went over to the door and unbolted the top wooden panel , pushing it open . |
| 7 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 8 | Without being asked , he strode over to the door and waited , moving his weight from one foot to the other and tugging his shirt cuffs out of his jacket sleeves . |
| 9 | Alexandra walked over to the door and when her hand was upon the handle , turned and said , ‘ I am going to obliterate this conversation in my memory of your visit . |
| 10 | Suddenly he dashed over to the door and put out the light . |
| 11 | Athelstan went over to the door and looked carefully at it . |
| 12 | Taking his time , he moved over to the door and paused . |
| 13 | She went swiftly over to the door and had gone before he could answer . |
| 14 | Stepping up onto the landing , he was about to walk over to the door when a large hand dropped onto his shoulder . |
| 15 | Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’ |
| 16 | Thiercelin , who knew nothing of theatres , walked uneasily up to the door and knocked . |
| 17 | Alice went up to the door and knocked , but there was a lot of noise inside and nobody answered . |
| 18 | And please , if you come up to the door and the times of opening says closed on there , we 're not closed , it 's just sometimes we 've forgotten to change the closed to open . |
| 19 | I went quietly up to the door and looked inside . |
| 20 | She went boldly up to the door and let the huge brass knocker fall with a thud . |
| 21 | It seemed to take an enormous amount of courage to actually walk up to the door and knock . |
| 22 | This building contained a cellar , stacked up to the door and ceiling with all sorts of stuff , some of it junk and rubbish , but also including a number of deed boxes , some furniture and several very interesting old items , e.g. an Admiral Fitzroy barometer , letter scales etc . ’ |
| 23 | Yeah but they just comes up to the door and says to her we 're going away now . |
| 24 | It would be late at night , she would have her back to the door and , when brushing her teeth , Elinor went into a kind of trance . |
| 25 | Go back to the door and enter the shop , buy one cherry bomb and six rockets . |
| 26 | She crept back to the door and pressed her ear against it , trying to figure out what was going on outside . |
| 27 | He went back to the door and kicked it shut , then prowled towards her . |
| 28 | She crawled back to the door and got to her feet , taking a deep steadying breath as she reached for the handle , grimacing slightly as she eased it open and stepped through the doorway , sending up a silent prayer that no creaking floorboard would announce her presence prematurely . |
| 29 | Way in the background , Lucy could see Josie with her back to the door as she cleaned up around the makeup chair . |
| 30 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |