Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung the inside door to one side , was about to slam it but changed her mind and closed it behind her in a quiet and controlled manner . |
| 2 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 3 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 4 | She bolted the front door , checked her car keys were on the hall table , turned off the lights , all this briskly . |
| 5 | A police spokesman said yesterday : ‘ When she woke up she found the front door wide open . |
| 6 | Mrs Bennett was standing in the hall when she entered the front door , beady-eyed and flustered like an angry hen . |
| 7 | Maura breathed a sigh of relief as she slammed the front door . |
| 8 | George looked up from tightening the girth as she banged the stable door behind her and stood , back pressed against it , glaring at him wildly . |
| 9 | Thankfully , she allowed the revolving door to take her in its firm embrace and deposit her in the hall . |
| 10 | The big man was not there so she opened the only door marked ‘ Private ’ . |
| 11 | She opened the other door … |
| 12 | She opened the first door leading off the hall to find only a cloakroom . |
| 13 | She opened the first door off the corridor . |
| 14 | Bags booted , she opened the rear door on an area the size of your average lounge and bowed us inside . |
| 15 | She opened the rear door and looked in as though looking for something she had mislaid . |
| 16 | She heard voices as soon as she opened the glass-panelled door , and had already been warned by the four cups that Faye 's husband must be home . |
| 17 | ‘ Hi , ’ he said when she opened the front door . |
| 18 | The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She opened the front door on the chain and her eyes widened . |
| 22 | Danny planted a kiss on her cheek and waited until she opened the front door before turning on his heel and walking off . |
| 23 | ‘ Where on earth have you been ? ’ demanded Polly when she opened the front door . |
| 24 | As she opened the front door the phone began to ring and she rushed to answer it . |
| 25 | Mrs Abigail called out , forcing cheerfulness as she opened the front door . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As she opened the front door of 97 , Becky could hear Daphne splashing around in the bath . |
| 28 | She opened the white-painted door of the tall kitchen cupboard , and , reaching in , took out an old-fashioned mop , a mop with long , thick , grey , curling tendrils . |
| 29 | She opened the back door and dropped the coat and the gun on the back seat . |
| 30 | She opened the back door and ran across the yard . |