Example sentences of "went to the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allan Stewart went to the door . |
| 2 | Then , with the same shocking slowness , without a word , without looking at anyone , she went to the door , opened it , and let it close softly behind her . |
| 3 | Wexford went to the door and the dog screamed for joy . |
| 4 | He went to the door where the sunshine showed off his elegant figure and absence of paunch to best advantage . |
| 5 | Fritz scurried off and returned with a reluctant Paul and they went to the door . |
| 6 | He went to the door and opened it . |
| 7 | It was a couple of days later that I was alone in my flat in the evening and there was a knock on the door , I went to the door and opened it and there were about 10 people with an assortment of musical instruments — quite merry on this and that . |
| 8 | Philip went to the door as his Dad came in . |
| 9 | Gaily went to the door . |
| 10 | At the end of the song she rose from the couch and went to the door , hesitated , did not open it , and then returned to the window-seat . |
| 11 | Patrick rose obediently and went to the door . |
| 12 | We went to the door . |
| 13 | His eyes went to the door and returned . |
| 14 | The man picked up his bag and went to the door . |
| 15 | Then she picked up the dirty washing and went to the door . |
| 16 | She got up and went to the door . |
| 17 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 18 | Jim thought , ‘ Hello , is someone coming up to keep me company ? ’ and went to the door and looked out down the steps . |
| 19 | He gave me a sideways look that was curiously disconcerting , and went to the door . |
| 20 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 21 | She turned the volume down instead of up and went to the door , which she 'd dutifully bolted and chained . |
| 22 | When he staggered out at Swiss Cottage the youngest and tallest of them went to the door , apparently to check that he did not re-enter the train . |
| 23 | Their visitor turned on her heel and went to the door where she turned back to hold the broken doll up to Artemis . |
| 24 | She went to the door of the room Alice had been in , and lifted her hand as if to knock . |
| 25 | Andrew and Virginia watched numbly as Horatia went to the door , returning a moment or two later with a small boy with silver-gold hair and eyes the colour of aquamarines . |
| 26 | She got up off the bed and went to the door , her heart thumping wildly . |
| 27 | Andrée got up and went to the door . |
| 28 | He went to the door , and then turned round and said simply , " You know , I like you . |
| 29 | He watched the house for ten minutes or more , but saw no sign of movement so he simply went to the door and knocked . |
| 30 | When I went to the door with my lamp , I saw a man coming slowly upstairs . |