Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turn for where I remember the door to be and see others pitching forward , slamming drinks down to cover their faces with their hands . |
| 2 | ‘ He started shouting at her , I could hear her crying , so I unlocked the door . |
| 3 | Then I heard a voice call me to come in so I turned the door knob and entered . |
| 4 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 5 | However , there was no reply , so I opened the door with the key and we entered . |
| 6 | ‘ So I opened the door . |
| 7 | There did n't seem to be any sound coming from the bathroom , so I opened the door and fumbled round the corner to find the light cord . |
| 8 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 9 | Once once I opened the door and I were knocked back and all me rent and . |
| 10 | window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside |
| 11 | Like , what if I opened the door , right , he did n't know I was coming home , he went , he looked at me and went , what are you doing here , I went , oh thanks Ryan , and he went , no , no I did n't mean it like that , I was just a bit surprised to see you like . |
| 12 | If I leave the door open I shall be able to hear him if his condition worsens . |
| 13 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 14 | It denies the intervention of my inner teacher on my behalf , because I close the door within and block the light that would dissipate the darkness that angers and frightens me . |
| 15 | Can I leave you to erm have a browse at that while I measure the door ? |
| 16 | and he said , well wait a minute while I answer the door . |
| 17 | ‘ Now go , woman , before I padlock the door and hold you prisoner here for the rest of the day , as my sensible ancestors would have done ! ’ |
| 18 | This was the day before I opened the door to the three men . |
| 19 | You both laughed when I shut the door . |
| 20 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 21 | My cobby mare is very unhappy about being led in and out of her stable and on occasions rushes out of the stable when I open the door . |
| 22 | When I opened the door , three white men stood facing me . |
| 23 | When I opened the door , they would run at me . |
| 24 | When I opened the door I hardly recognised him . |
| 25 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 26 | It occurred to me that it might be Ruth Cohen again , but I could n't have been more wrong , for when I opened the door I found a young police constable standing there in his navy-blue mac wet with rain . |
| 27 | ‘ I caught my breath when I opened the door and found him towering over me . ’ |
| 28 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 29 | ‘ When I opened the door she was in such a terrible condition I could n't believe it . |
| 30 | They went up there like a couple of out of a gun , when I opened the door ! |