Example sentences of "doors and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 There were no new notices on the wall-board criss-crossed with tape for messages , and Marion allowed Conroy to push open the big doors and go out into the cavernous darkness of the wings with their slats of scenery fencing the hollow stage , its set furniture dead beneath one working light .
2 ‘ Just tell them to open the doors and get out of the way . ’
3 She climbed up the ladder , the rungs cold under her bare feet , pushed open the unbolted doors and stepped out into the cockpit .
4 The fines created so much public interest that , on the following Sunday , the Ravenhill Church ‘ was packed half an hour before the service began and throughout the proceedings men climbed onto the windows to listen and people thronged the open doors and queued out in the street at the back and side of the church ’ .
5 ‘ Has button B stuck , Mr Potter ? ’ she asked , and he murmured something unintelligible at her over his shoulder as he pushed into the revolving doors and spun out into the street .
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