Example sentences of "up to the [adj] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to picture how it looked , for the steps and ball-topped garden gate piers to the left of it would have led up to the front door , and there would have been an exact replica of this wing to the far left . |
| 2 | Adrian Scanlon insisted on driving up to the front door , once I had opened the gate . |
| 3 | Each house had an iron gate and a short tiled path up to the front door . |
| 4 | She walked quickly up to the front door , opened it , turned and waved . |
| 5 | The Substitute dodged from stone to stone-until he gained the hardened ground in front of the farmhouse where stone steps led sideways up to the front door . |
| 6 | The ground level appeared to be slightly higher than he remembered and there was no sign of the seven semi-circular steps leading up to the front door . |
| 7 | Dizzily entranced by the yellow novelty , I floated free as wood smoke and fluttered around the noisy house , while my anaesthetised feet padded cement steps up to the front door . |
| 8 | Patrick nodded and went up to the front door . |
| 9 | He walked up to the front door and pushed a button but the chimes went unanswered . |
| 10 | When he reached the steps leading up to the front door of the Guild Office , he found the place in darkness , with no sign of life . |
| 11 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 12 | Suspecting some bizarre practical joke , Charlotte marched up to the front door and rang the bell . |
| 13 | Then they walked up to the front door of the large hospital . |
| 14 | There were two or three granite steps up to the front door which had a grubby ‘ Closed ’ notice hung behind its glass panel ; no bell , and no other door . |
| 15 | Robyn weaved her way through the cars and forced herself to walk confidently up to the front door , despite the sinking feeling in her stomach . |
| 16 | Or was she simply going to drive up to the front door and announce herself ? |
| 17 | With these words , Maisie snapped her mask up to her face and went up to the front door . |
| 18 | Then they backed it up to the front door and they all charged inside . ’ |
| 19 | Go up to the front door and ask if Lewis is coming out to play ? ’ |
| 20 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
| 21 | She turned and walked slowly up to the front door of the villa . |
| 22 | They 've made ever such a a ramp right from the front , it goes round and round and round and round , so it 's all flat up to the front door . |
| 23 | But they 've turned this four , five bedroomed detached house , you know , it 's got a ramp now up to the front door , the front door 's been altered so |
| 24 | Part of the yard was taken up with a shed , the rest was a wilderness of weed with a slate path up to the back door . |
| 25 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 26 | Several other churches have green domes topped with cupolas ; there are many buildings with a more impressive sweep of steps from street level up to the main door ; larger and better-kept churches abound . |
| 27 | The tan Mercedes sports slipped up to the main door . |
| 28 | We hid our disgust and made our way up to the main door where the ever-benevolent Doctor Agrippa was waiting for us . |
| 29 | As they drove up to the main door Louise tried not to be emotional . |
| 30 | Later , when it was time to take Eddie back to school , Louise had kissed him at the gate and his father had walked up to the main door with him . |