Example sentences of "[verb] in [prep] the front door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 2 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 3 | I could relive it every time I came in through the front door . |
| 4 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 5 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
| 6 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 7 | and peering in through the front door |
| 8 | She went in through the front door , as always . |
| 9 | The last time that that young person went into secure accommodation in Middlesbrough , he went in through the front door at 3.30 pm , and at 5.30 pm he disappeared out the back door and stole a car to make his escape . |
| 10 | She went in by the front door and upstairs to her room ; and was still being torn apart by her emotions . |
| 11 | Last time the fibre-optic and wire-cutter had gone in by the front door ; this time they were to enter by the back . |
| 12 | Cold air drifted in through the front door . |
| 13 | I was welcomed in through the front door almost before it was opened , and settled down in front of a Victorian stove that was brimming with hot coals . |
| 14 | He thought of telling her that he was a friend but friends did n't dive in through the front door ; they did n't have blood on their wrists nor cuts all over their faces ; they did n't have a rope burn round their necks and they wore shirts , at least until they were properly introduced . |