Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I clung to the door , my hands fisted round the useless handle . |
| 2 | I crept to the door and , with a sudden movement , opened it wide . |
| 3 | I got to the door and looked in , but all was dark and I could see nothing . |
| 4 | He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew |
| 5 | And she said I got out the door as quick as I could . |
| 6 | I moved to the door and ‘ opened it ’ an inch . |
| 7 | I moved to the door of the bar , stepping lightly , warily . |
| 8 | I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door . |
| 9 | Climbing the 60 , narrow , twisting steps from the nave to the ringing chamber left me worn out — but when I staggered through the door the chamber was packed . |
| 10 | Without a word to anybody , I banged on the door , and asked once again for permission to go and wash . |
| 11 | I know I banged on the door , but no one heard . |
| 12 | Once at Number 112 I banged on the door with the palm of my hand and waited — I remember being surprised that the Trumpers did n't have a knocker . |
| 13 | I came through the door . |
| 14 | As I came to the door that leads out to the garden I heard Quigley 's voice . |
| 15 | ‘ One night after a gig in Whelans , I went down to The Nightrain and as I came in the door I heard this note-perfect rock music , ’ he says . |
| 16 | I must admit when I when I came in the door there the first thing I noticed was the peat smell . |
| 17 | I gestured through the doors , through the glass of which traffic could be seen crossing the Szabadsag Bridge . |
| 18 | I nodded towards the door behind the fence . |
| 19 | I raced for the door and high-kneed it through the trees . |
| 20 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 21 | We went back up the staircase and I hammered on the door . |
| 22 | When we began to slow down I knocked on the door . |
| 23 | I knocked on the door . |
| 24 | I knocked on the door ; the knocks barked sharply over stone floors . |
| 25 | I knocked on the door and the SS guard opened it and asked what I wanted . |
| 26 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |
| 27 | Thanking the kindly driver , I knocked at the door of Radio Glencoe . |
| 28 | I knocked at the door and was told to enter . |
| 29 | When I knocked at the door , Mr Rochester 's old servant , John , opened it and recognized me . |
| 30 | Screaming wildly , I rushed to the door and shook it . |