Example sentences of "door [conj] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , in a remote zone of the fortress-monastery , the guides ushered Lexandro and company into a scarcely-lit , groin-vaulted chamber — and promptly skipped back out , slamming the plasteel door that was wrought with the face of a carnivorous lizard . |
| 2 | He marched stiffly to the door and was gone . |
| 3 | Burst through door after police door and was gone into the night . |
| 4 | When she heard movement above — there was no shouting — Wilson went up and knocked on the door and was told , in the most mild of voices , to come in . |
| 5 | I knocked at the door and was told to enter . |
| 6 | A minute later he had wrenched open the door and was standing on the terrace . |
| 7 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 8 | It seemed that the next minute he had thrust open the kitchen door and was advancing on her ; and then he was gripping her shoulder , saying , ‘ Where is she ? |
| 9 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 10 | He entered the house by the front door and was confronted by a flustered maidservant . |
| 11 | There must have been a dozen people seated round the huge polished table , but she barely noticed any one of them as she opened the door and was confronted by the sight of Luke Calder . |
| 12 | I gulped , opened the door and was greeted by the sight of twenty or so completely naked people . |