Example sentences of "a door was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next moment a door was flung violently open . |
| 2 | The ecstatic welcome came as a door was flung open and a short , ample-busted woman came running to meet them , her round brown face wreathed in smiles , surprisingly green eyes warm with pleasure . |
| 3 | Somewhere in the house she was sure a handle was turned quietly , a door was opened and then closed again with care . |
| 4 | Across the hallway , a door was opened and an unfamiliar girl 's voice registered surprise . |
| 5 | A door was set in the wall hall-way down and , as she got closer to it , she spotted a brass plate bearing the single word ‘ Erasmus ’ . |
| 6 | GOLD jewellery worth £5,500 was stolen from a house at Gilford Road , Tandragee , after a door was forced open . |
| 7 | Doogie 's idea of knocking on a door was to impersonate a heavy machine-gun and I 'd never heard him run out of ammunition . |