Example sentences of "to door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am reduced to sitting staring out of the window with nothing much to look at but a young man , presumably a salesman or political canvasser , patiently going from door to door down the street . |
| 2 | ‘ We took a lorry load of turf for our own fire and sold the rest in bags door to door . ’ |
| 3 | Headroom equivalent to door head-height could just be achieved both below and above this gallery and under the retained ceiling . |
| 4 | He shows me charts of average weight and height , because now he is working on his motorbike , going from door to door selling insurance policies , and they use the charts to decide whether someone is at risk of a heart attack . |
| 5 | ‘ Here we have Wren Boys who dress up and go from door to door asking for money , every St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said . |
| 6 | as he wearily trudged door to door . |
| 7 | Speedbird Airport to Door is another British Airways Cargo wholesale product offering customers direct express deliveries from the UK to 150 countries , with features such as Timed Delivery . |
| 8 | A smart mobile caravan began to tour the area with a reassuring message of safety and reliability , an information shop opened in Bridgwater , and 35,000 full colour newspapers were delivered door to door . |
| 9 | The reason that my mother continued to patronise Woodfords , whilst surrounded by Salisbury bakers , went back to 1857 , when the founder of the firm canvassed door to door in Salisbury and happened to call on my great-grandmother in Rollestone Street . |
| 10 | She did quite a wholesale trade with pedlars who used to retail the goods door to door in the surrounding villages . |
| 11 | Every door to door salesman knows that . |
| 12 | In December 1940 , Wolverton Road Vehicle Shop undertook the construction of four Mobile Kitchens , on the lines of a container which could be lifted and placed either on a road trailer or lorry , or on a railway freight wagon — exactly the same idea as the container which the LMS developed pre-war for removing furniture directly from door to door . |
| 13 | Door to door collection and return . |
| 14 | Door to door service . |
| 15 | From a control panel in the living room , a householder would supervise any number of appliances , ranging from heaters to door locks . |
| 16 | Local authorities appointed volunteers to go from door to door to see who had room and who did n't ; those on the receiving end had no choice in the matter . |
| 17 | Later on , when we distributed publicity or went door to door visiting , we never failed to draw at least one family to come and see this new thing which had come to pass . |
| 18 | The team began experimenting there in December ‘ 88 and by the end of January it was felt right to go for a public launch on Palm Sunday ‘ 89 with attendant door to door visiting with invitations , and publicity to the press and media . |
| 19 | The excitement of prayer was illustrated unforgettably to me one Saturday morning when a small team met at our Community Church to pray prior to some door to door evangelism . |
| 20 | ( In such door to door visiting programmes it certainly seems right to be open to talk , to lead people to Christ or to pray for healing . |
| 21 | Rapid embarkation and unloading is achieved via metal steps shuffled around from door to door . |
| 22 | The National Consumer Credit Federation , representing check traders , told us that the agent going from door to door , usually with long experience of working for the firm , had quite a lot of discretion over whether or not to lend , though with small firms the bosses like to keep in touch themselves , often going on collection rounds so as to see customers , and certainly weighing up doubtful cases themselves . |
| 23 | Doth prowl , and round and round from door to door |
| 24 | Dad and Liza went inquiring door to door while Frankie and I used this opportunity to see if our bottles were safe in the washhouse . |
| 25 | When you take advantage of Club Europe Drive , you travel in luxury and style from door to door . |
| 26 | er from door to door . |
| 27 | Erm , and we , we find although Amnesty does run er door to door collection which we are always encouraged to join in which we never have , which is I think always in June , in June now , it 's good time , it 's a good time of year for it , but that means going round putting envelopes in doors , going back and collecting them , the arguments on the doorstep about Amnesty , er going back again if people are not in and we , we as a , relatively small group covering a very big area we , we have n't felt able to do that , and we actually find that by standing in the street with each person having a tin for one or two hours , we can do quite well that way and er , that 's , that 's . |
| 28 | What 's more — given the Magic Kingdom 's wide appeal among people of all ages and particularly among families with young children — we strongly believe your FUNBREAK holiday should be truly carefree and easily affordable , with the convenience of Door to Door service . |
| 29 | Door To Door Service |
| 30 | In Wall Street journals now speak of an irreversible decline of the middleman — the suave dealmaker who carves a chunk out of the real workers ' profits by flitting with bright notions from door to door . |