Example sentences of "he [verb] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tall house loomed over him as he unlocked the front door . |
| 2 | He tried the front door . |
| 3 | He tried the front door . |
| 4 | He tried the back door but it was firmly bolted . |
| 5 | On arriving at Hamilton Terrace he found the front door open . |
| 6 | He found the back door of the church already open and Mister Tom talking to a tall , lanky man with piebald black and grey hair . |
| 7 | He was only jolted out of his misery when he approached the front door leading to his much-maligned flat and , as he struggled to pull his keys out of his right pocket with his left hand , a voice spoke to him from the shadows of the front porch . |
| 8 | Maybe Nevil lived here , but if he did , why did n't he used the front door ? |
| 9 | A battered life-size carving of Kean as Shylock greeted Charles as he entered the front door . |
| 10 | Without knocking or hesitation he entered the left-hand door , drew up a chair and , with full and accurate expectation that he was awaited , opened his document case , threw the photographs on the desk and said , ‘ That 's the proof then . |
| 11 | He slammed the back door . |
| 12 | He hauled the front door open so hard that when it hit the stop the stained-glass panel shattered . |
| 13 | His white feet slapped across the cold chapel floor , and he opened the barred door . |
| 14 | The smell , when he opened the front door , took him back half a century . |
| 15 | Carefully he opened the front door of his house , quietly he crossed the hall to the library and closed the door behind him . |
| 16 | John Glover , 53 , was jumped by seven men as he opened the front door of his home . |
| 17 | As she was getting out of the Metro he opened the front door . |
| 18 | Peter Redburn was n't altogether surprised when , at five o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday 17 December , he opened the front door of 29 Champney Road and found James Salperton on the doorstep . |
| 19 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 20 | Then he opened the front door so that they could see where they were going , and flicked the bathroom light off . |
| 21 | As he opened the front door to his rooms , his shirt collar was slightly damp . |
| 22 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 23 | Then he opened the rear door and painfully eased himself out to stand , swaying , alongside the car . |
| 24 | Rachel was acutely aware of Damian , obviously able to hear as he opened the rear door of his limousine for Domino . |
| 25 | He opened the familiar door , giving the aluminium plate a rub with his sleeve , but in the tiny vestibule he paused . |
| 26 | He opened the forward door of the horse van with a key , and with a key also let us through into the baggage car . |
| 27 | He opened the wire-mesh door and scattered some grain on the floor . |
| 28 | He opened the connecting door to the garage and stepped quickly into the darkness , feeling his way around the car and to the sliding door , which he moved open a few inches , allowing himself to slip out into the night . |
| 29 | He opened the safe door and took out the fish as though it were stuffed with rubies . |
| 30 | He opened the back door and eyed the sagging clothesline from which the three garments Cullam had named hung between a row of napkins . |