Example sentences of "the door [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's making it sound as if I was stretched on a couch , locked in a room with a ‘ Do not disturb ’ sign on the door while Sir Matt , the doc and a priest I have certainly never met , got to work straightening me out , socially , medically and religiously . |
| 2 | ‘ Stay just inside the door while I explore … ’ |
| 3 | He asked us to stay by the door while he walked a short way down his garden . |
| 4 | A windy night , is n't it ? ’ he says — which is self-evident as you shiver , peering at him past the security chain on the door while struggling to keep yourself decent . |
| 5 | And he was gone , leaving Isabel to gaze blankly at the wooden panels of the door while she cudgelled her brain , trying to decide what had caused such an astounding about-face . |
| 6 | But , as she trailed after him into their own bedroom , leaning against the door while he quickly packed his case , she realised that she 'd already lost him . |
| 7 | Amy helped him up and showed him to the door while Kath stripped off her gown and gloves . |
| 8 | Damian bit out , and took her by the wrist , dragging her to the door while the nurses began moving Charles , filling needles , checking his blood-pressure , tapping buttons on the heart machine . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll leave them on the mat inside the door so you can change into them , then your clogs wo n't wake me up from my nap . |
| 10 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 11 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 12 | She come and knocked on the door so he |
| 13 | I 'll tell Ang push them through the door so they can get |
| 14 | What 's happened is , of course , that as the costs have fallen and the micros have come in through the door so they 're very much smaller , erm it all becomes possible for the whole of society and not for a tiny elite . |
| 15 | Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent . |
| 16 | He saw them to the door but when they rode past a minute later , it was already shut . |
| 17 | Francis Morgan did not bother with knocking at the door but walked in without apology . |
| 18 | Mrs Wright had given him the key to lock the door but he had n't locked it . |
| 19 | He reached for the door but failed to find it . |
| 20 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 21 | ‘ We could have just announced that free tickets were available at the door but after talking to the police about it we decided that was a bad idea . |
| 22 | She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room . |
| 23 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
| 24 | Tickets are often available on the door but advance booking is recommended . |
| 25 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 26 | Miles kept vigil by the door but began to grow tired . |
| 27 | ‘ We do have a spyhole in the door but because we were expecting someone we did not use it . |
| 28 | ‘ We could see the house was on fire so Mark kicked down the door but we were met by a wall of flames , ’ said Mr Wynne . |
| 29 | We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about . |
| 30 | ‘ Sinead did n't go to the door but crept up to the window . |