Example sentences of "[verb] [art] door [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An hour later he was awakened by Sunil , who unlocked the door and ushered him in apologetically . |
| 2 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 3 | At the hotel Luke collected both keys from the night porter , and when they reached her room he unlocked the door and held it open for her , then closed it behind him . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on ! ’ said Otley , opening the door and propelling me through . |
| 5 | She could n't bear to open the door and see them trying to cover their embarrassment at her entrance . |
| 6 | And er the fire was underneath this you see in a little grate and you used to open the door and stoke it up and er more often than not it was fired by slack , which was a residue of the coal out of the coal house , you know when you broke your coal up with the lumps the the little sl bits of slack they were all put on one side for the copper fire . |
| 7 | Open the door and shut it , young man . |
| 8 | Ta open the door and show us . |
| 9 | ‘ Just open the door and let me in . |
| 10 | It was Mary says er open the door and let him in because they 'll kill him and then down from the bedroom |
| 11 | Sends them dozy and open the door and put them back in again . |
| 12 | and then it stays on until you 've closed the door and locked it , you know |
| 13 | He said that , during the 20-minute journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne , a lit cigarette had been used to burn him on the back of the neck , he had been struck constantly , and as the car travelled at speeds up to 70mph , the man beside him had opened the door and told him to take his chances and jump . |
| 14 | As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain . |
| 15 | And I opened the door and let him in and he was telling me I 've been here half an hour trying to get in . |
| 16 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 17 | Zen slipped the photo and tape back into the envelope , opened the door and let them drop out . |
| 18 | Her mother opened the door and took her in her arms , still in her thin nightclothes , and screaming . |
| 19 | Without permission , I opened the door and saw him sitting on a chair , guarded by a partisan . |
| 20 | He grabbed Brett the moment he opened the door and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 21 | She jangled a ring of keys , opened the door and led him up the bare , creaking stairway which climbed steeply out of the hallway . |
| 22 | He opened the door and thrust her inside , then came quickly around and jumped in beside her . |
| 23 | She shivered , only inwardly , but Luke must have sensed her recognition of these realities , because satisfaction stamped his face as he opened the door and left her . |
| 24 | ‘ I caught my breath when I opened the door and found him towering over me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm out of condition , ’ she panted , as Penry opened the door and pushed her inside the kitchen . |
| 26 | ‘ The penthouse suite , ’ he announced and , inserting a key into the lock , opened the door and swept her with him into the spacious sitting-room . |
| 27 | PAMELA : [ unwillingly ] I 'll get undressed if you lock the door and let me have the keys in my own hand . |
| 28 | After she was found dead and there were so-many questions and Mena told so much , she said to Constanza — oh , I can give you the very words , I shall never forget them — Mena said , ‘ One day many many years ago , when the old principessa was still alive , she opened a door and saw them , the prince and the Marchesa Giulia , in the long room at Castelfonte . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Hunter unlocked a door and opened it , switching the room light on . |
| 30 | Swain threw the two convicts an angry glance before slamming the door and locking it . |