Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a moment , she turned away and she heard the door close quietly behind him . |
| 2 | It turned easily and she pushed the door open , stepping at the same moment into the kitchen and the rosy glow of firelight and the small flame of a single candle . |
| 3 | She must have automatically put it away when she found the door already open . |
| 4 | He put his hand up her tunic — serve her right for having it so short — just as she got the door open and staggered screaming into her mother 's arms . |
| 5 | Just as she reached the door , it slid shut in her face . |
| 6 | I had sweat all over my face and as soon as they opened the door I just went for one of them . |
| 7 | As soon as he closed the door , Joe knew the Beavises were all in bed . |
| 8 | The stench of chicken-dropping choked her as soon as he opened the door to one of the shacks . |
| 9 | It moved two things which put it into operation , you know and er I could turn the knob and it 'd get the whole thing going , it 'd get you inside , it 'd register that it 'd been , when you shut the door , as soon as you shut , in the toilets , as soon as you shut the door the penny dropped down , see what I mean . |
| 10 | ‘ Her mane and tail were all matted and she had no manners — when we first put her in a stable she box walked and tried to barge out as soon as you opened the door . ’ |
| 11 | But as soon as I had the door shut I began to ransack the flat for the sheet music I keep for special occasions such as Christmas , bar mitzvahs , weddings and so on . |
| 12 | As soon as I had the door closed and my jacket off I found a road atlas and turned to the Cambridge area . |
| 13 | ‘ Carolyn , I 'll go and look at him as soon as I shut the door on you . |
| 14 | It was being swept off my feet as soon as I opened the door and having my clothes removed before I had time to make coffee . |
| 15 | Dimity 's knitting had been hastily put aside when she answered the door , and decorated a low table near the fire . |
| 16 | She thought it was empty at first , but someone was putting fresh flowers on the altar , and turned quickly when she heard the door close . |
| 17 | Joe laughed resignedly as he slammed the door . |
| 18 | But all her frantic thoughts were cut short as she opened the door , to see her own children sitting , staring in amazement at the red-faced boy in the middle of the floor with his hands raised to strike one of them . |
| 19 | But he had cause to revise his opinion a moment later when they opened the door and went in . |
| 20 | He walked off in front of her and Jenna had no choice at all ; she followed and only had time to glare at him reproachfully as he opened the door and stood aside for her , and then Marguerite was there . |
| 21 | I remember an occasion , some years ago , when the front door bell rang here and I opened the door and it was my secretary coming for work in the morning . |
| 22 | Even as he closed the door behind him , the thallium was on its way down through Donald 's oesophagus , slithering towards his stomach and digestive tract , where his body chemicals would turn it into a disease Donald would have difficulty in recognizing . |
| 23 | But Jonas Hamilton saw it immediately as he opened the door to her . |
| 24 | Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water . |
| 25 | Then as she opened the door , she regretted her offer . |
| 26 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
| 27 | Her spirits rose a little as she opened the door and peered inside . |
| 28 | ‘ Caro , ’ he said politely as he shut the door after her . |