Example sentences of "he [vb past] at the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped at the door and smiled at her . |
| 2 | He stopped at the door of the flat directly above his own , the empty place . |
| 3 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 4 | He turned at the door . |
| 5 | He turned at the door . |
| 6 | He turned at the door . |
| 7 | He saw the King to the gates and , coming back , heard the clangour of Elfswitha 's malevolence before he arrived at the door of their chamber . |
| 8 | Andrew , now 29 , was 15 that summer when he knocked at the door and introduced himself . |
| 9 | He knocked at the door of the sitting-room . |
| 10 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 11 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 12 | with my bill , bill , bill he knocked at the door with a rat a tat |
| 13 | Because you see all that we 've heard is that gentlemen just before Mr he listened at the door before but of course the front door is nowhere near the master bedroom . |
| 14 | He hesitated at the door and Munro said impatiently , ‘ For God 's sake , what is it , Jack ? |
| 15 | ‘ I can not lovemake to you , ’ he said at the door , ‘ in the house of our ancient Danish friends where you are the nanny . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Right , ’ he said at the door of the sick room . |
| 17 | Even Brian thought this was going too far : he paused at the door and turned , looking at her , puzzled . |
| 18 | He tilted his head as he paused at the door . |
| 19 | When he finished , he kicked at the door , I opened it and gave him something to eat . |
| 20 | He pushed at the door . |
| 21 | He pushed at the door again . |
| 22 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 23 | He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals . |
| 24 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 25 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |