Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 2 | Anne caught her at the door to the bedroom . |
| 3 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
| 4 | The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky . |
| 5 | Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it . |
| 6 | Mrs Bennett waylaid her at the door of the little sitting-room which Celia had designated for her and Brian 's everyday use . |
| 7 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
| 8 | Wood met him at the door . |
| 9 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 10 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 11 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
| 12 | She spotted them at the door and waved them over . |
| 13 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 14 | ‘ Lissa , ’ Adam greeted her at the door . |
| 15 | I left him at the door , and went upstairs to find Mr and Mrs Linton . |
| 16 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |