Example sentences of "[vb past] through the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tottered through the open door . |
| 2 | Blanche tumbled through the front door of her flat just after eleven o'clock . |
| 3 | It was certainly taller than the other buildings in Anani 's main street and , despite its shabby exterior , I could sense the air of warmth and welcome the moment I passed through the front door . |
| 4 | Lastly , he and Massingham passed through the open door to the right of the fireplace , careful not to brush against Harry 's body , and explored the kitchen . |
| 5 | She peered through the open door . |
| 6 | Margaret had two friends in supervising the children downstairs , and they were both rather surprised when first the midwife and a student and then Margaret 's husband crashed through the front door . |
| 7 | She bolted through the open door , and all the time dreaded the touch of his hand on her shoulder , stopping her . |
| 8 | She came through the front door of the shop and was a little surprised at not seeing her husband behind the counter . |
| 9 | His neighbour came through the front door of the house to the right . |
| 10 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 11 | When the daily help came through the back door and into the kitchen , she found Beth sitting at the table , breathless and dishevelled . |
| 12 | Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door . |
| 13 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 14 | When he reappeared she gestured through the open door . |
| 15 | As the party filed through the front door , the girl called out , ‘ Cheerio , Beth . |
| 16 | He padded through the hall , up the four flights of stairs to the little landing where you either went straight ahead and out onto the battlements , or ducked through the wee door into the observatory . |
| 17 | Blind panic now ruled him ; he raced through the connecting door into the shop , ransacked the till and then hurriedly retreated through the back door , locking it and throwing the key into the ditch . |
| 18 | Gusts of rain and snow flurried through the opened door as the shape scrabbled on the floor . |
| 19 | Blind panic now ruled him ; he raced through the connecting door into the shop , ransacked the till and then hurriedly retreated through the back door , locking it and throwing the key into the ditch . |
| 20 | Maxim got up and walked through the inner door . |
| 21 | The first person she met when she walked through the backstage door was Josh , and , if the situation had n't been so terrible , his expression — which somehow managed to combine outrage , amazement and sheer blessed relief — would have been positively comical . |
| 22 | We walked through the front door and into the bar . |
| 23 | He walked through the communicating door into his own room , leaving it open while he dressed . |
| 24 | Without waiting to see if the young servant materialised , Theodora and Treadwell stepped through the open door and into the freedom of the outside world . |
| 25 | She touched Joanna 's arm in warning , feeling the other girl stiffen as she , too , glanced through the open door . |
| 26 | Paulette cradled her cup of ale and stared through the open door into the stableyard where chickens pecked at oats and Sharpe 's dog twitched in exhausted sleep . |
| 27 | A cold breeze blew through the open door , stirring the fire so the flames shot up , flickering brightly . |
| 28 | Brown and the remaining pair went through the front door . |
| 29 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 30 | He went through the green door in the Customs Hall and out into the main lounge . |