Example sentences of "[pron] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of showing me the door , he roared with laughter : ‘ So what if I clothe gangsters on the screen ? |
| 2 | He also hit out about his departure from Upton Park saying : ‘ West Ham never showed me the door . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you wish to show me the door , Miss Lennox ? ’ |
| 4 | He was frightened when I mentioned Fraternity & Equality Insurance , showed me the door . |
| 5 | And he just stuck the needle in his arm , and he said , ‘ Well , I think the baby 's a mongol ’ , and he showed me the door and that was it . |
| 6 | So you ought to show me the door today ! ’ |
| 7 | I the door . |
| 8 | On which the door swings open to reveal MR BACON , his eyes bulging slightly , his hair wafting in the draught . |
| 9 | The door next passed to a specially constructed machine , which cut the three grooves for the hinges : these were then fixed by screws , after which the door was ready for testing in the gauge , the latter consisting of a metal frame providing a replica of the door opening in a coach . |
| 10 | But enough light came from the landing on to which the door opened to silhouette the man standing there . |
| 11 | At the bottom , you could form a tapered sill , in hardwood or concrete , against which the door would close . |
| 12 | ‘ One night during my routine , ’ he recalled , ‘ we mistimed a scene in which the door slammed in my face as I was about to walk through it . |
| 13 | The quality of the story shared , in relation to the goal , is the hinge on which the door of the symbolic progression hangs . |
| 14 | ‘ We could show both of you the door . |
| 15 | It 's the polite way of showing you the door . |
| 16 | We are delivered onto the twenty-second floor with an incessant warning pong-pong-pong sound which is supposed to inform you the door has opened . |
| 17 | They more or less show you the door . |
| 18 | Quinn , meanwhile , joined Coventry with a good luck message from the boss who showed him the door at St James ' Park . |
| 19 | I 'd show him the door , tell him if he can get more than that somewhere else he 's very welcome and use the £2million transfer fee on a player who does n't put money first . |
| 20 | Millet grinned and stepped out onto the landing and behind him the door slammed cheerfully . |
| 21 | Behind him the door of the house whose occupant he had just been interviewing had been dosed with considerable firmness . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ We were very close to showing him the door . |
| 23 | More controversy followed when Leeds showed him the door following an incident at a North Wales training camp . |
| 24 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 25 | When Jane asked for an overdraft , the bank manager ( slogan : ‘ We Like to Say ‘ Yes ’ ’ ) , a pompous Dad 's Army look-alike , after conferring with some nasty men in suits who turned their backs to her , had shown her the door . |
| 26 | Behind her the door moved again . |
| 27 | Behind her the door opened . |
| 28 | What goes on here ? ’ 'I did n't ask you here and I do n't want to see you and I have nothing to say to you , ’ I said , showing her the door but , alas , she seemed to have no intention of going through it , so I capitulated rather too easily and offered her a drink from the mini bar . |
| 29 | Behind her the door crashed open , flung against the wall with a force that rattled the windows and sent the candles flickering wildly . |
| 30 | Behind her the door closed with a decisive snap . |