Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | A practical use is to give warning , if someone enters the room a few hand claps or knock at the door may alert you to their presence ; the shock of someone approaching you silently is avoided . |
| 2 | I said , people that knock at the door and say , the taxi 's ready the taxi man does n't come and do it . |
| 3 | I do n't have people that call at the door , I want somebody I get them |
| 4 | Yeah , twenty five says when once the householder has got up and locked the door and you start to stand outside and knock at the door saying sir open to us , but in answer he will say to you , I do not know where you are from , then you will start saying we ate and drank in front of you and we 've taught in our broad ways , but he will speak and say to you , I do not know where you are from , get away from me you are workers of unrighteousness |
| 5 | He sits in the first pew he comes to and leers at the door every twenty seconds with the frowsiest of sighs . |
| 6 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 7 | I ‘ ll stop by every now and again and listen at the door , just in case there 's any rough stuff . |
| 8 | He kissed his mother on the cheek , nodded to Becky and turning at the door , saluted his father in the chair , then was gone . |
| 9 | When he was certain they were not being followed he darted down a narrow , stinking court and knocked at a door . |
| 10 | We arrived at his house and knocked at the door . |
| 11 | Later that day he parked his car outside Emma 's house and knocked at the door . |
| 12 | She ran up the path and knocked at the door , her whole body seized by such a trembling excitement that she thought perhaps she was going to faint . |
| 13 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 14 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 15 | She turned , and looked at the door across the room . |
| 16 | Anna heard a noise and looked at the door . |
| 17 | Their twelve-year-old son had crept downstairs and listened at the door . |
| 18 | He strode away from the table and paused at the door . |
| 19 | We went out into the foyer and paused at the door . |
| 20 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 21 | Maltote , watched by all , loaded the arbalest and aimed at the door . |
| 22 | Maria , who showed her in , was frightened and stood at the door shivering . |
| 23 | Jim came back with some clothes over his arms and stood at the door , while Bella very slowly told Albert to come and be interviewed next week for a job as a public-relations officer in their department store . |
| 24 | Jorge came in then and stood at the door . |
| 25 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 26 | Shelley changed into a fresh dress and stood at the door of the villa . |
| 27 | They wanted to stay and listen at the door , but I was n't having that . |
| 28 | He turned to go , but halted at the door . |