Example sentences of "[art] door was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 2 | The door was as rooted in the wall as a pine-tree in the ground . |
| 3 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 4 | This was fine , but solid evidence will have to be provided that the scene in which Palin woke up on the Orient Express to the knock of brioches at the door was the real thing . |
| 5 | After two loud knocks the door was opened by a woman . |
| 6 | But he hesitated for no more than a moment before stepping inside and when the door was closed he took refuge in clowning . |
| 7 | As Frau Nordern went into the office a babble of voices rose behind her , still audible , although muted , as the door was closed by the man with the cigar . |
| 8 | As Dana Gillespie recalls , ‘ I 'm sure everyone 's got a different version of it , and I really did n't witness any rows , but I would often hear from my assistant who would tell me he 'd just come back from MainMan offices and the door was closed into DeFries 's inner sanctum , and there were raised voices between David and him in there . |
| 9 | Also hanging on the back of the door was the hot water-bottle that his Mum filled for him when he had tonsilitis . |
| 10 | But the tall policeman who came to the door was quite amiable . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The door was shut . |
| 13 | The door was open . |
| 14 | He pulled the blanket around his back and hooked the frayed patch over the nail so that the light from the window would not be spotted if the door was opened . |
| 15 | The door was eventually opened by a scowling man , cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth , towel around his waist , shaving soap on his face and a razor in his hand , getting ready for his night shift . |
| 16 | Merely by shutting his door if it was open , North would add to the intrigue of meetings : ‘ and when the meeting was over , I still could n't understand why the door was shut and what the intrigue was ’ said a visiting official , puzzled ; ‘ it was in my mind 's eye a social call . ’ |
| 17 | The door was propped open , to catch what air there was , and she entered hesitantly , her gift thrust out in front of her . |
| 18 | The door was still six inches above it , though … it did n't make sense to build a door high if the water was usually lower … not unless there was a step somewhere … a step or a walkway even , for the loading and unloading of boats … |
| 19 | The door was solid as rock . |
| 20 | Down the road at the church of St Mary the Virgin at Great Brington , scene of Lord Spencer 's funeral , the door was locked and tourists wandered round the churchyard in search of flowers and Spencer tombstones . |
| 21 | The door was not locked . |
| 22 | The door was closed . |
| 23 | The door was held open for him , and he threaded his way through all the backstage equipment . |
| 24 | I went to the manse , a beautiful flat near the avenue Foche , and the door was opened by a grave and courteous manservant . |
| 25 | There was no one on the terrace and the door was open . |
| 26 | The partition door was thin and the door was a poor fit . |
| 27 | The door was n't usually difficult to open . |
| 28 | When that palazzo fell into disrepair the door was brought here , to Via Filodrammatici , where it was set up at the entrance to a convent . |
| 29 | The door was hastily opened , but too late to save the life of poor William , who had starved to death . |
| 30 | The door was wrenched open , the messenger hit on the head with a cosh , and the money taken . ’ |