Example sentences of "from 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Here we have Wren Boys who dress up and go from door to door asking for money , every St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said . |
| 4 | At such places as colonial Williamsburg there are shops selling pineapple everything — from door knockers and book ends to wallpapers , stencils , trivets and dishcloths . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Rapid embarkation and unloading is achieved via metal steps shuffled around from door to door . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Doth prowl , and round and round from door to door |
| 10 | When you take advantage of Club Europe Drive , you travel in luxury and style from door to door . |
| 11 | er from door to door . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is sometimes salutary to imagine yourself selling your clients product from door to door when clarity and persuasion would help you far more than oratory . |
| 14 | The angel , disguised as an old man , went from door to door begging for food and drink . |
| 15 | " Who 'll buy my lavender ? " is a street-cry within living memory , and bunches of lavender are still occasionally sold from door to door in English villages and country districts . |
| 16 | While there , he was able to forget the ritual of Monday morning when , in the darkness of winter or the bright light of summer 's early dawns , Celtic Crescent and the streets of Jewtown would be clamorous with the noise of horses being led from nearby stables and harnessed to carts , of men shouting instructions and calling to each other in Yiddish and English as they struggled under the weight of trunks and knapsacks stuffed to overflowing with clothes , fancy goods , kitchen articles , holy pictures , enlargements of family photographs — anything that might be suitable for selling from door to door on a weekly-payment basis . |
| 17 | By 1974 , however , following the collapse in the property market , land was hawked from door to door by builders , estate agents , banks , speculators and private individuals . |
| 18 | For a week we went from door to door , saying goodbye to all the families we considered as our own because we had lived among them so long . |
| 19 | His eyes darted from door to lift , watchful and alert , as though he were expecting somebody . |
| 20 | from door to witness box ( two steps up , |
| 21 | It 's two and a half miles from door to door and there are buses later on , but if she 's on the late shift and just misses one , Joelle is faced with another long walk if her mother ca n't pick her up by car . |
| 22 | Taxi-ing from door to door or you know |
| 23 | of the kingdom must go from door to door , from city to city from village to village , they do n't know about it , but once we do know about it then we 're sort of accountable are n't we ? |
| 24 | that 's from door to door |
| 25 | Going from door to door . |
| 26 | Among the various photographs , signed albums and items of slightly soiled clothing are an impressive number of guitars , including an ex-Jimi Hendrix white Gibson SG ; Duane Allman 's 1954 Fender Stratocaster , serial number 0019 ; Bill Wyman 's trademark Framus bass ; a Les Paul donated by Les Paul ; a special edition Strat from Hank Marvin ; Duane Eddy 's signature-model Guild semi-acoustic ; a Gibson SG from Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger ; Joe Walsh 's custom-built Greco Flying V ; John Entwistle 's custom ‘ Fenderbird ’ bass ; Ronnie Lane 's 12-string Zemaitis resonator guitar ; other Strats courtesy of George Harrison and Keith Richards and , would you believe , Jeff Beck 's 1957 Fender Esquire . |
| 27 | The Blitz crew take a doorbell each , and soon Chris is scuttling across the corporation lino as heads pop out from doors like the stops of a fairground organ . |
| 28 | Downstairs , the Sikhs , the Magistrate , Rayne , a couple of young ensigns , and a motley collection of indigo planters and Eurasians , were engaged in a desperate fight to keep the sepoys out of the building ; but already they were being driven back from doors and windows . |
| 29 | The domestiques and Madame Grimaud observed her failure solemnly from doors and windows as they moved about their household works . |
| 30 | Mahogany is used here to make anything from doors and window-frames to coffins and toilet-seats . |