Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 2 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 3 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 4 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 5 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 6 | When she walked in at the back door Mrs Peterson said : ‘ You 're back then . |
| 7 | Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door . |
| 8 | Some writers ostensibly agree with the principle , yet sneak in at the back door and cosh the reader with a highly personal style . |
| 9 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 10 | The busy sputter of a Vespa came rocking round the bulk of the house , and the young man of the custodian 's box put his head in at the open door , gave Charlotte a brief , blank glance , and asked briskly : ‘ Where is he ? ’ |
| 11 | Fen dropped her off at the front door of Chimneys . |
| 12 | Ivo drew the car up at the front door , she pinned her hopes , rather desperately , she owned , on one very big , important fact . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm leaving a picture of my mother up at the front door with a notice saying this woman is not allowed into the theatre , ’ says Margi . |
| 14 | They said no more then , for the coach had pulled up at the main door . |
| 15 | But for Major 's official papers , the pantechnicon drawing up at the back door might be unnecessary . |
| 16 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 17 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 18 | All she knew was that she was back at the closed door with a tray , wondering what Harold and Felicity might be doing on the other side . |