Example sentences of "and [vb past] on the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Egalitarianism 's never been my strong suit , but I overcame my natural snobbery and banged on the door . |
| 2 | He found a heavy wrench and hammered on the door . |
| 3 | And hammered on the door so one of the teache and it was the class where I was too happened to be by the door there . |
| 4 | They followed Miss Williams 's directions to the Morgan family , and knocked on the door , being let in promptly by the stocky WPC who had stayed in the house with the women of the Morgan family . |
| 5 | When she heard movement above — there was no shouting — Wilson went up and knocked on the door and was told , in the most mild of voices , to come in . |
| 6 | I climbed the steps up onto the lock and knocked on the door of the lock-keeper 's house , and through great good fortune found him at home . |
| 7 | He took a cab to Park Lane , and knocked on the door of her parents ' house . |
| 8 | They went down the lino-covered corridor and knocked on the door . |
| 9 | He made his way up to the top floor , found Maidstone 's apartment and knocked on the door . |
| 10 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 11 | He went and knocked on the door of Pete and Chrissie 's room . |
| 12 | Sean wished that he had gone down to Birdie Mac 's and knocked on the door for a bar of Kit-Kat , anything rather than face these two . |
| 13 | One day in early February , Harriet walked up to the Raffertys ' cottage and knocked on the door . |
| 14 | I washed and combed and plaited my hair and rubbed my clogs , then I went round and knocked on the door . |
| 15 | He came to our house and knocked on the door and asked if he could use the toilet , because it was a good way of getting in . |
| 16 | Nobody seemed to be in so I entered a rear door and took the lift to the top and knocked on the door of someone 's flat . |
| 17 | When I first arrived at the flat and knocked on the door there was no answer . |
| 18 | But he mounted the steps anyway , and knocked on the door to make certain : the sound was sudden and startling , but it died away quickly , with no response from within the building . |
| 19 | With a last effort , he crawled up the path and knocked on the door , then fell exhausted on the step . |
| 20 | He climbed the stairs and knocked on the door to Alison 's flat , but there was no reply and the sound had a hollow ring which said nobody home . |
| 21 | That evening he went down to Alexandra 's flat and knocked on the door . |
| 22 | She went upstairs and knocked on the door of a bedroom . |
| 23 | One day in summer a lady on horseback rode up to the house and knocked on the door . |
| 24 | Alyssia grinned and knocked on the door . |
| 25 | A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three . |
| 26 | When at last he got there and knocked on the door with a sticky bottle of claret , a stranger let him in . |
| 27 | Carter went and knocked on the door . |
| 28 | ‘ That young man will advance far , ’ Cranston murmured as they dismounted and knocked on the door . |
| 29 | She came and knocked on the door and then we went back and I , I said what you stopped for ? |
| 30 | She come and knocked on the door so he |