Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] door [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 7 | Zen slipped the photo and tape back into the envelope , opened the door and let them drop out . |
| 8 | Her mother opened the door and took her in her arms , still in her thin nightclothes , and screaming . |
| 9 | Without permission , I opened the door and saw him sitting on a chair , guarded by a partisan . |
| 10 | He grabbed Brett the moment he opened the door and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 11 | She jangled a ring of keys , opened the door and led him up the bare , creaking stairway which climbed steeply out of the hallway . |
| 12 | He opened the door and thrust her inside , then came quickly around and jumped in beside her . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I caught my breath when I opened the door and found him towering over me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm out of condition , ’ she panted , as Penry opened the door and pushed her inside the kitchen . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Hunter unlocked a door and opened it , switching the room light on . |
| 19 | Nevil locked the door and slammed it and then indicated to her to lead on . |
| 20 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 21 | Ralph hustled her out of the house , locked the door and preceded her down the path to the car . |
| 22 | She reached the door and unlocked it . |
| 23 | She reached the door and opened it . |
| 24 | She invited him in , pulled at her hair , relocked the door and followed him into the living room . |
| 25 | He closed the door and locked it . |
| 26 | Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all . |
| 27 | I closed the door and locked it . |
| 28 | Why , wondered Senator Rudman at the hearings , had he not taken North into his office and closed the door and put him up against the wall and pushed him and pushed him and pushed him ? |
| 29 | Zack closed the door and bolted it . |
| 30 | She knocked again , then pushed the door and found it unlocked . |