Example sentences of "door [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
| 32 | A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof . |
| 33 | After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room . |
| 34 | Easily Accessible : You can step outside the door and embark on a walk which will take in the expansive , mountainous , forest-clad scenery . |
| 35 | McQuaid slammed the car door and walked towards the house . |
| 36 | Doyle turned from the door and walked towards the exit . |
| 37 | The captain opened the door and walked across the room . |
| 38 | I shut the door and walked down the corridor . |
| 39 | Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was . |
| 40 | Sophie opened the door and walked to the lift . |
| 41 | O'Malley pushed in the door and walked into the kitchen . |
| 42 | Hiding jug and lanthorn behind the water butt , Jess opened the door and walked into the kitchen . |
| 43 | He closed the door and walked up the steps . |
| 44 | He kicked open the door and rushed to the far end of a large room . |
| 45 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 46 | That prowls at every door and barks in every headline . |
| 47 | Massingham walked over to Berowne 's jacket hanging on a hook at the back of the door and felt in the two outer and one inner pockets . |
| 48 | Gabriel knocked at the second brother 's door and asked for a drink of milk . |
| 49 | Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box , and the smell came out to him . |
| 50 | He looked at me as I walked through the door and looked to the Gendarme as if to say , Is this him ? |
| 51 | Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too . |
| 52 | He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there . |
| 53 | She threw open the outer door and looked down the side of the ship . |
| 54 | The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen . |
| 55 | I threw open the front door and looked into the street . |
| 56 | The black creature which had been Meh'Lindi undogged the door and darted into a wide corridor , misty with smoke . |
| 57 | The Persian closed the door and went to the big mirror on one wall . |
| 58 | For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness . |
| 59 | Through the gate and over the lumpy ground , and she opened the door and went into a long drill hall with a clacking wooden floor . |
| 60 | Yorke moved away from the door and went into the kitchen . |