Example sentences of "and [vb past] for the door " in BNC.
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1 | He shrugged and made for the door . |
2 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
3 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
4 | Stanley uttered the single word : ‘ Floods , ’ and headed for the door . |
5 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
6 | The DI got to his feet and headed for the door . |
7 | Carol looked angrily at him , turned and headed for the door . |
8 | He swallowed hard and headed for the door that opened out into the hall . |
9 | He walked into the room and headed for the door , without looking at her . |
10 | She wriggled out of his astonished grasp and headed for the door . |
11 | He allowed her to take the bag and then brushed past and headed for the door . |
12 | Geoffrey rolled his eyes dramatically and headed for the door . |
13 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
14 | She gathered the little girl into her arms , grabbed her bag and headed for the door . |
15 | The Palmer & Pearson file she had brought up with her was forgotten as she swung round and headed for the door . |
16 | Alec picked himself up and raced for the door . |
17 | The two small boys scrambled down from their chairs and raced for the door . |
18 | Without any warning signs , she kneed him in the groin , and dashed for the door , one flailing arm smashing a gas tap from the bench . |
19 | Mortified , she scrambled off the bed , and dashed for the door . |
20 | He swung his legs off the bed , grinning broadly , and started for the door . |
21 | The two men stared each other out before Peter gave a sudden exclamation halfway between anger and defeat , and started for the door . |
22 | She turned and started for the door . |
23 | I waved to Toby and went for the door . |
24 | I panicked and reached for the door . |
25 | I pushed him again as hard as I could and ran for the door . |
26 | A pulse of pressure from behind threw them against the factor , he turned and jumped for the door , beat on it , it opened abruptly , and he fell inside . |