Example sentences of "[adv prt] through 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 | He handed the flowers to Kāli , then drove the cows in through the stable door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 17 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 24 | ‘ Did you see him come in through the back door ? ’ |
| 25 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Her father came in through the back door . |
| 30 | At the Conservative Party conference in October 1988 Mrs Thatcher stated : ‘ We have n't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels ’ . |