Example sentences of "door was open " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front door was open , as we approached , a light came on , probably from an oil lamp . |
| 2 | Simon 's door was open , throwing shafts of light into that dark , inner chamber . |
| 3 | The door was open and with the strength of ten I hurtled him through it and into the herb garden where he came to rest in a clump of sage . |
| 4 | The door was open . |
| 5 | The office door was open . |
| 6 | There was no one on the terrace and the door was open . |
| 7 | The door was open and just inside Marcus was sitting on a chair , wrapped in what appeared to be a cloak or ulster , wearing a tweed hat and holding a stick in his hand . |
| 8 | The passenger door was open . |
| 9 | The old barn door was open . |
| 10 | One such trip was during the first week that Mr. Shipsey started his business — the bakery door was open and Dad and I stood and watched the proceedings , I gazed in amazement as the tin loaves were drawn from the oven , trays of currant buns brought out , brushed with sugar water applied by a three inch brush and doughnuts sprinkled with sugar . |
| 11 | This time the front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the red-tiled floor . |
| 12 | And the right-hand door was open , that seemed a bit odd . |
| 13 | The driver 's door was open and kneeling behind it was the man looking through binoculars . |
| 14 | The door was open , and as there was no reply to our knocking , we walked in and along the corridor which I knew led to the main living quarters . |
| 15 | The door was open but minds , it seemed , remained closed . |
| 16 | The door was open so he went in . |
| 17 | The door was open . |
| 18 | The creaking continued when the door was open . |
| 19 | His mother was in the kitchen doing the ironing and although the door was open she could n't see him . |
| 20 | The door was open , and the crumpled figure of a man had toppled from the passenger seat into the road . |
| 21 | Very intimate sounds were coming from the cubicles , but it was n't until the girl who had beckoned her earlier on came out of one of them and pointed to another where the door was open , and whispered harshly , ‘ Do n't you want to go ? ’ that she realised , Yes ; yes , she did want to go . |
| 22 | The aircraft door was open , and the cargo hatch . |
| 23 | Whoever had been there before me did n't know about the spare key because the glass in the top half of the door was shattered and the door was open . |
| 24 | But only one door was open and everyone was pushing and shoving to get through . |
| 25 | I noticed that the front door was open , as I had left it . |
| 26 | The terrace door was open and when he went into the house Ken Corduroy found further disorder ; another chair knocked over , dirty glasses and a smell of spilled whisky . |
| 27 | But if the literary text says , ‘ The door was open ’ I can not ask the text what it means by saying that the door was open , I can only speculate about the significance of that door — opened by what agency , leading to what discovery , mystery , goal ? |
| 28 | But if the literary text says , ‘ The door was open ’ I can not ask the text what it means by saying that the door was open , I can only speculate about the significance of that door — opened by what agency , leading to what discovery , mystery , goal ? |
| 29 | ‘ The door was open , ’ Sophie looked at them in turn , ‘ bad security in this district , no ? ’ |
| 30 | The door was open and orchestral music could be heard from a radio somewhere within . |