Example sentences of "door and [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless .
2 She swung herself down from the back door and went round to the front steps of the kiosk .
3 He closed the door and went back to the desk , sat down , dialled the number from memory .
4 He locked the door and went back to the carrel .
5 She waved at him from the door and went down to the street .
6 Already showing signs of life , patients were brought in one by one from the pile next door and wedged on to the chair in Room I , which looked like what it was , a laboratory in the Hygienic Institute , a world of bubbles and bottles .
7 Midwinter came into the frame of the door and turned back to the room beyond to clap gently with his white-gloved hands .
8 Panting breathlessly , she turned from the door and moved through to the hall , where Donna was trying to make her way down the stairs .
9 A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area .
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