Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] on [art] door " in BNC.

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1 Then I remember the mike on the door .
2 And a new book claims William Shakespeare wrote none of his plays but did look after the costumes and take the money on the door .
3 I can remember being in a cell , locked in , with nobody else but myself , crying , and a screw opening the hatch on the door and saying , ‘ What 's the matter with you ?
4 Do you know the geezer on the door at the Raven yeah ?
5 She grabbed the ubiquitous towelling robe from the hook on the door and wrapped it almost angrily around her body .
6 But she was not imagining things , the latch on the door from the street was being lifted and Hari waited , holding her breath .
7 He 'd been about to call him and find out what was going on in Brooklyn when he 'd heard the voice and the rapping on the door .
8 ‘ You had better change the lock on the door , ’ she had teased , ‘ because I might be tempted to peep at the manuscript . ’
9 The thieves entered by smashing the lock on the door ; the museum , like so many in Greece , was unguarded at night .
10 Pascoe got up and checked the lock on the door .
11 Then you put the card on the door across the landing .
12 model , check that the seal on the door has not been worn away , or else electromagnetic radiation could leak out .
13 The banging on the door had become more frenzied .
14 The banging on the door made her open them again .
15 Li Shai Tung woke , drenched in sweat , the dream of his first wife , Lin Yua and that dreadful night so clear that , for a moment , he thought the banging on the doors a part of it .
16 She managed to grip the frame of the window on the door which was flying open now , banging against the side of the train .
17 Tom who ? said the bloke on the door .
18 He looked back and listened to the pounding on the door , until the lock-up was out of sight .
19 For the Liberal Democrats , Mr David Steel said : ‘ The feelings of people at what happened last night really vary from unease to repugnance that a British government should stoop to use a device which we have consistently condemned in others — namely the knock on the door in the middle of the night . ’
20 Then came the knock on the door .
21 The knock on the door came just after he had put out the light .
22 Till the knock on the door — two investigators said they 'd been watching my house and he was living with me .
23 The knock on the door was at precisely one minute after midnight .
24 Betty had heard the car stop in the lane and had begun to frighten herself even before she heard someone slip in the stream and swear , long before the knock on the door .
25 You were looking over your shoulder waiting for the knock on the door .
26 Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys .
27 It was crowded all through the day and Melanie and Aunt Margaret tottered on burning feet by the time they turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ closed ’ .
28 The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum .
29 The two men exchanged experiences and found that they had heard the same noises of heavy breathing and the kick on the door .
30 The name on the bell , the name on the door , the name on the envelopes under the table lamp : they said John Young , John Young , John Young .
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