Example sentences of "she [verb] the front [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bolted the front door , checked her car keys were on the hall table , turned off the lights , all this briskly . |
| 2 | A police spokesman said yesterday : ‘ When she woke up she found the front door wide open . |
| 3 | As she approached the front entrance , the door suddenly opened and Eleanor came out . |
| 4 | Mrs Bennett was standing in the hall when she entered the front door , beady-eyed and flustered like an angry hen . |
| 5 | Maura breathed a sigh of relief as she slammed the front door . |
| 6 | ‘ Hi , ’ he said when she opened the front door . |
| 7 | The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner . |
| 8 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 9 | She opened the front door and stepped out into the corridor , which was more private than the flat if mother was only pretending to be asleep , which was possible . |
| 10 | She opened the front door on the chain and her eyes widened . |
| 11 | Danny planted a kiss on her cheek and waited until she opened the front door before turning on his heel and walking off . |
| 12 | ‘ Where on earth have you been ? ’ demanded Polly when she opened the front door . |
| 13 | As she opened the front door the phone began to ring and she rushed to answer it . |
| 14 | Mrs Abigail called out , forcing cheerfulness as she opened the front door . |
| 15 | She crept downstairs , remembering to avoid the creaking step , and padded softly across the living-room floor , hardly daring to breathe as she opened the front door . |
| 16 | As she opened the front door of 97 , Becky could hear Daphne splashing around in the bath . |
| 17 | Eight o'clock in the morning , and if she went to work then he hoped still to be in time to catch her before she locked the front door and shut out the intrusion of a man from the Service . |
| 18 | whether he should kiss Rose , the wife of the man he is on his way to see , when she opens the front door to him ; |
| 19 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 20 | Suddenly , she heard the front door click . |
| 21 | As she prepared the vegetables , she heard the front door open . |
| 22 | It seemed an age before she heard the front door close again , and then another age before her father finally summoned her . |
| 23 | When she heard the front door she was momentarily unable to stand , for inner turbulence . |
| 24 | She heard the front door close . |
| 25 | Charlotte waited until she heard the front door close behind him . |
| 26 | One of the stairs cracked sharply beneath her foot ; she heard the front door of one of the ground-floor flats open behind her , and as she turned the corner of the staircase she caught a glimpse of a single eye and a draggle of grey hair at the crack . |
| 27 | When she heard the front door shut behind him and Penman 's footsteps retreating , she rose from her chair and began to walk slowly about the room , touching the sofas and lamps and tables . |
| 28 | Within minutes she heard the front door of the cabin slam shut and she knew he was gone . |
| 29 | She grabbed the front door catch , blinded by infuriating tears as she dashed out and slammed the door resoundingly behind her . |
| 30 | There was no trying to disappear , for even though she had taken to parking her car carefully at the back of the premises , she knew the front door was wide open and the painter in the hall would certainly , if asked , say that she was around . |