Example sentences of "door [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no memory of closing the Lab door or coming down the stairs . |
| 2 | Nurse Motley said that when it appeared that Kayley was about to suffer another respiratory attack , she had administered oxygen while Allitt had opened the door and called for the cardiac arrest team . |
| 3 | ‘ Disturbance ? ’ asked Geoff , opening the station door and speaking over the back of my head . |
| 4 | And when Arthur Peeble pushed open the in-between door and came into the store-room , calling politely , ‘ Miss Conway . |
| 5 | I open the door and burst into the warm night air . |
| 6 | So while Philip made tentative approaches to Elizabeth , families like the Raleighs , Grenvilles and Drakes put their shoulders to the door and pushed in the opposite direction . |
| 7 | They waved goodbye at the door and got into the Jaguar well pleased at the chunk which had been taken out of the Guinness Mahon share mountain . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because he enters by the old tower door and sits at the back , where he ca n't be seen , ’ she replied eagerly . |
| 9 | She pushed wide the door and edged through the lanes between the great plants , black and white and grey . |
| 10 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
| 11 | A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | McQuaid slammed the car door and walked towards the house . |
| 14 | Doyle turned from the door and walked towards the exit . |
| 15 | The captain opened the door and walked across the room . |
| 16 | I shut the door and walked down the corridor . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sophie opened the door and walked to the lift . |
| 19 | O'Malley pushed in the door and walked into the kitchen . |
| 20 | Hiding jug and lanthorn behind the water butt , Jess opened the door and walked into the kitchen . |
| 21 | He closed the door and walked up the steps . |
| 22 | He kicked open the door and rushed to the far end of a large room . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box , and the smell came out to him . |
| 26 | He looked at me as I walked through the door and looked to the Gendarme as if to say , Is this him ? |
| 27 | Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too . |
| 28 | He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there . |
| 29 | She threw open the outer door and looked down the side of the ship . |
| 30 | The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen . |