Example sentences of "door and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 2 | Joe cleared his table , put his carpet-bag in the larder , locked the door and went out for some fresh air and to get an evening paper , afternoon edition . |
| 3 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 4 | ‘ Cumbria , ’ Reynolds supplied , pushing open the glass swing door and standing aside for Diane . |
| 5 | Adam closed the front door and stood there for a moment as if he could not wrench himself away . |
| 6 | He walked off in front of her and Jenna had no choice at all ; she followed and only had time to glare at him reproachfully as he opened the door and stood aside for her , and then Marguerite was there . |
| 7 | He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him . |