Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | he tried to go out the door but she reached him back , but she has n't |
| 2 | He moved to stand by the door , his head an inch from the wood . |
| 3 | The two prisoners , in their yellow raincoats , tried to get to the door , but the men in white knocked them to the floor and handcuffed their hands behind their backs . |
| 4 | He got up out of bed and then I was thinking then he had a sneaky feeling that he tried to get out the door . |
| 5 | ‘ I must leave at once ! ’ she whispered , and tried to move to the door . |
| 6 | It was the gentleman who seemed to spring to the door and open it to let the two heavily laden customers out . |
| 7 | And they forgot to knock at the door and make themselves known to the people inside . |
| 8 | Luke dropped his grip on her and turned to glance at the door , as if he intended to go and put his question to the man himself . |
| 9 | The lights came on again , and , laughing and jostling , the guests began to stream towards the door . |
| 10 | Catesby instructed us to take a bench leaning against the far wall and , though the space was narrow , we began to pound at the door like besiegers breaking into a castle . |
| 11 | Then the princess 's soldiers began to batter at the doors of the wooden fortress with their axes . |
| 12 | She began to march towards the door , but Theda ran after her and grasped her arm . |
| 13 | The crowd of playgoers began to hurry to the doors , and I ran round to open them . |
| 14 | She began to walk towards the door , but the Doctor stopped her with a look . |
| 15 | Then looking over her shoulder , she enquired , ‘ Are you coming up to see Great-gran ? ’ and began to walk towards the door . |
| 16 | When the lift doors opened she stepped quickly out into the wide service area , and began to run towards the door . |
| 17 | When she reached the bottom of the stairs , she began to run towards the door . |
| 18 | The man began to retreat towards the door under the hail — I 'm with you , girls , I want my wife to get a wage ; then if she do n't do her work , she do n't get paid — like me . ’ |
| 19 | He began to move towards the door . |
| 20 | He began to move towards the door . |
| 21 | Coleby grunted and began to move towards the door . |
| 22 | He began to move to the door , but Anna took his arm . |
| 23 | Ray began to make for the door . |
| 24 | Both men started to walk towards the door . |
| 25 | Rostov started to walk towards the door . |
| 26 | She started to walk towards the door , and his deep , gravel-timbered voice held her back . |
| 27 | This was the moment when Melody chose to knock at the door and Anna 's head jerked back , away from him . |
| 28 | The young man , Martin Grant , struggling through the throng , managed to get to the door when the sirens and the flashing blue lights outside the window heralded the arrival of uniformed reinforcements . |
| 29 | My leg had gone completely to sleep and I could n't feel it at all , but I managed to hobble to the door , collecting fourpence out of my wallet , and down the stairs to the first landing where the telephone was . |
| 30 | The kitchen looked so clean and bright , and the ladies so kind and sensible , that I dared to knock at the door . |