Example sentences of "door was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path to the front door was edged with autumn-flowering plants . |
| 2 | A question , it was , whether he was propping up the door , or the door was propping him ! |
| 3 | After much midnight hammering , a large wooden frame , covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed . |
| 4 | Half a minute later the front door was tugged gently open , and there stood the slim nightgowned figure of Molly Hopkins , curlers and all . |
| 5 | The house door was locked . |
| 6 | The front door was locked , and that was when I made my first acquaintance with a venerable traditional figure , the sereno , an old man with a stick , a big brass badge and a large bunch of keys . |
| 7 | Down the road at the church of St Mary the Virgin at Great Brington , scene of Lord Spencer 's funeral , the door was locked and tourists wandered round the churchyard in search of flowers and Spencer tombstones . |
| 8 | The watchers caught a glimpse of a huddle of torn , stained pink cloth before the door was locked , and the key thrust into the chief 's pouch . |
| 9 | But when the door was locked behind me the cell was dark for there was neither window nor electric light . |
| 10 | The outside door was locked . |
| 11 | I was sure she would be waiting for me , but the door was locked . |
| 12 | It 's quite a horrifying thought , but someone could indeed have walked inside before the front door was locked and hidden in the building . ’ |
| 13 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |
| 14 | Jack again tried the handle , but the door was locked . |
| 15 | He fancied he could hear the thing moving about outside and he was glad that the door was locked . |
| 16 | But they were enraged when they reached Five Ways to discover the one exit door was locked . |
| 17 | The larder door was locked . |
| 18 | I thought the door was locked , anyway . ’ |
| 19 | Gerard and Sarah the maid were in the kitchen , the hall door was locked , and besides , Patrick had no key . |
| 20 | She was now very , very small — and the little garden door was locked again , and the little gold key was lying on the glass table . |
| 21 | She had spoken to Cissie about ensuring that the door was locked in future when she was taking a bath . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm ten , and so are you , ’ replied Mary , forgetting to be careful , ‘ because when you were born the garden door was locked and the key was buried . |
| 23 | The door was locked , the room unlit but for the faint glow of a small screen to one side of the desk . |
| 24 | He said ‘ The front door was locked , so I got through the window at the back . |
| 25 | When we were all in , the door was locked from outside ; if anybody needed the lavatory , they would have to knock . |
| 26 | The bathroom door was locked from the inside . |
| 27 | The door was locked . |
| 28 | The door was locked , It 'll be a man 's voice , he told himself . |
| 29 | Her door was locked and nobody could get into her room . |
| 30 | ‘ The door was locked from the inside , ’ Benjamin replied . |