Example sentences of "door and [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switched the hall light off , stumbled to the front door and flung it open . |
| 2 | By way of reply , Connor walked across the room , drew back the bolts on the street door and flung it open . |
| 3 | Marcus walked majestically to the door and flung it wide open , saying to Huw Pritchard : ‘ You will leave this room at once . |
| 4 | Flicking back her head with a haughty toss of bright auburn curls , she walked to the door and flung it open . |
| 5 | She turned to the door and flung it open with one contemptuous move . |
| 6 | ‘ Then you can burn in hell for all I care ! ’ he burst out , and , turning on his heel , he marched to the door and flung it open . |
| 7 | He closed the door and locked it . |
| 8 | Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all . |
| 9 | She hurried to the door and locked it . |
| 10 | I closed the door and locked it . |
| 11 | ‘ The guards opened the passageway door and locked it behind me as Sir Ralph had ordered . |
| 12 | and then it stays on until you 've closed the door and locked it , you know |
| 13 | As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain . |
| 14 | Jotan stepped round the side of a loose-box door and swung it hard . |
| 15 | With a last withering glance , he walked across to the door and swung it wide , then gave a snort of disgust . |
| 16 | She reached the door and unlocked it . |
| 17 | She lit a candle from a bedside match , went to the door and unlocked it . |
| 18 | Well my Molly has just dug a hole so deep she 's got into next door 's garden fetch the Springer Spaniel from next door and brought it home to play with . |
| 19 | Luke took two long-legged strides to the nearest bedroom door and kicked it open , the whip raised menacingly . |
| 20 | Mouse had been curled up with Wolf on one of the mattresses , sleepily combing the tangled hair of Wolf 's great mane with his fingers , when the sandy-haired woman slammed through the door and kicked it shut behind her . |
| 21 | He went back to the door and kicked it shut , then prowled towards her . |
| 22 | Then he built a double-skinned oak door and studded it with fat-headed iron nails from the nearby , long defunct Presteigne nail-making machine . |
| 23 | Nevil locked the door and slammed it and then indicated to her to lead on . |
| 24 | He stepped out of her way and she took a deep breath as she ran to the door and slammed it shut behind her . |
| 25 | The tent seemed eerily dark , so I gingerly drawled towards the door and unzipped it slightly . |
| 26 | After surveying the jungle of cane , raffia and cardboard which rioted gloriously together , and which could well offer a dozen comfortable homes to abundant mice families , Miss Fogerty firmly shut the door and relocked it . |
| 27 | Lee untwisted the wire that fastened the shed door and pocketed it . |
| 28 | She knocked again , then pushed the door and found it unlocked . |
| 29 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 30 | I ran over to my cupboard door and jerked it open . |