Example sentences of "the door [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door under the stairs was as he recalled it , low and cut on a slant to fit in under the balustrade . |
| 2 | Lil shuts the door on the sounds of Gotterdammerung in the corridor , and unlocks her drinks cupboard . |
| 3 | Have to take the door off the hinges to get your head out if it gets any bigger . |
| 4 | She walked along the corridor and opened the door into the minstrels ' gallery . |
| 5 | Jim stayed at the door with the clothes over his forearm , listening and waiting . |
| 6 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 7 | So they went found a found a colt in the street , tied it to the door of the houses , there was tying it , some of the by-standers asked them what are you doing , untying that colt . |
| 8 | Rachaela saw Ruth come to the door of the flats and disappear . |
| 9 | It does not follow that potential customers will automatically beat a path to the door of the firms which return home and make no further efforts to build on contacts . |
| 10 | I stood looking at the pools of water lying on the pitch , the door of the directors ' Portakabin swinging back and forth on its one remaining hinge , and I recalled the good times , remembered the bad . |
| 11 | He passes the Financial Services Centre at room B-218 and is moving to B-211 some twenty paces on , when he hears Maryse Laganière trying to lock the door of the Finances Office . |
| 12 | As the gasping reached a climactic point , the door of the Ladies slowly opened and into the aisle stepped Mom in her freshly scrubbed anorak . |
| 13 | The RUC , aware of the dilemma , have expressed sympathy for the inconvenience but lay the blame firmly at the door of the bombers . |
| 14 | The door of the passengers ' room was broken . |
| 15 | Barycz locked the door of the communications room , then went to his desk and activated the screen . |
| 16 | password that opened the door of the robbers ' cave in The Arabian Nights story of the Forty Thieves . |
| 17 | As will be indicated below , I do not feel that much ( if any ) of the explanation can lie at the door of the police station . |
| 18 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
| 19 | You are not supposed to leave rubbish behind for the next occupants to cope with , although you can leave it bagged up outside the door for the dustmen to take later . |
| 20 | As the door to the parents ' room opened , she held her breath . |
| 21 | There was a thin slice of light showing under the door to the boys ' room . |
| 22 | The door to the labs was wide open , as if it had been jammed . |
| 23 | At the door to the Operations Room , the Doctor paused briefly and sniffed . |
| 24 | He stuck his head round the door to the inspectors room . |
| 25 | The door to the servants ' quarters in the attics had been nailed up . |
| 26 | ‘ I can hear him breathing , ’ said Albert again , making for the door to the stairs . |
| 27 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 28 | He tried the door to the parcels office , but it seemed to be locked tightly . |
| 29 | It is easy for him in his academic ivory tower to slam the door in the faces of most men , who , like most women , are good , nurturing , sensitive people . |
| 30 | Then he wakes me up when he goes out of the door in the mornings . |