Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , much of the success of direct mail lies in the fact that , apart from bills , most of the population get no mail at all and people are delighted to get a letter that expresses interest in them , concern about them and opens the door for further contact and involvement . |
| 2 | Finally , he forced himself to leave the room , pulling the dog out with him and locking the door behind him . |
| 3 | He 'd have to go after him now , get the wire off him and fix the door . |
| 4 | But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door . |
| 5 | He took the scuffed leather document case off the seat beside him and banged the door shut with the violence of someone who had not learned that car doors do not need the same sort of treatment as those of railway carriages . |
| 6 | ‘ Keep an eye open , ’ he told Ryker , pushing Donna into the small cubicle in front of him and pulling the door shut behind . |
| 7 | So they pulled in ahead of the taxi rank in the underpass , and the one next to Joe leaned across him and opened the door , and almost in unison they told him to bugger off home . |
| 8 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 9 | Furious with Gilbert 's panic , Rohmer pushed past him and yanked the door wide . |
| 10 | When they reached the house , he took the key from her and unlocked the door . |
| 11 | And he pushed past her and opened the door and started running down the street towards the War Memorial Square and Ebenezer Chapel . |
| 12 | A bang on the door galvanised her into action ; she gathered the matching gown round her and opened the door . |
| 13 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 14 | He set her down beside the car , his arm firm around her shoulders as he steadied her and opened the door to put her gently inside . |
| 15 | ‘ I know , ’ said Vic , striding past her and shutting the door of Prendergast 's room behind him . |
| 16 | He took the case from her and held the door open . |
| 17 | Melanie experimentally walked into it and pulled the door to on herself in a cool smell of cheese and mildew . |
| 18 | At last she got it in and turned it and pushed the door . |
| 19 | Then he paused before slowly going through it and closing the door quietly after him . |