Example sentences of "around the door [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stapled a piece of blue baize around the door and , hey presto , there was a neat little portable platform which we could produce when the time came , looking incredibly efficient . |
| 2 | The owner of the Home may pop her head around the door and say , ‘ I 'm going into the town today , can I do anything for you ? . ’ |
| 3 | There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing . |
| 4 | Catching wind of the disturbance , he poked his head around the door and in his early-morning voice , like a flute with catarrh , he threw the inquiry in the direction of Mr Crumwallis . |
| 5 | Stencil a border round the ceiling , around the door and windows , and above the skirting boards . |
| 6 | Of granite , which he has used in dressings around the doors and windows , he wrote : ‘ Especial care is required to make the mouldings of a broad , bold and massive , rather than a small or delicately undercut character , and to avoid as far as possible anything like minuteness and pettiness in the finish . ’ |
| 7 | In particular the fitting of trim around the doors and working lights was not as good as it should be . |
| 8 | There 's one in Sunderland with 2,500 dwellings ; the older end is respectable , with tree-lined avenues and mature privets , and concessions to the eye in design details around the doors and windows . |