Example sentences of "[noun sg] around the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perennials like linarias bring a subdued colour to the narrow border and a yellow jasmine around the door will give a warm welcome in the colourless winter period . |
| 2 | We stapled a piece of blue baize around the door and , hey presto , there was a neat little portable platform which we could produce when the time came , looking incredibly efficient . |
| 3 | I then drafted a statement for the management side and sent it by hand to Mellowes who was sufficiently impressed by this initiative to pop his head around the door an hour later with a look of something less than mistrust . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern told him , barking savagely at an innocent Paul who poked his head around the door to ask what time they wanted lunch . |
| 5 | Put your head around the door of a betting shop and you will see why . |
| 6 | I made my way through the crowds to Farr 's in Brown Street , managed to get right up to the entrance and poke my head around the door to see what was going on . |
| 7 | The owner of the Home may pop her head around the door and say , ‘ I 'm going into the town today , can I do anything for you ? . ’ |
| 8 | James poked his head around the door of the office adjacent to Stephen 's . |
| 9 | Catching wind of the disturbance , he poked his head around the door and in his early-morning voice , like a flute with catarrh , he threw the inquiry in the direction of Mr Crumwallis . |
| 10 | Then a regular popped his head around the door , like an extra in an old Gracie Fields film , and said : ‘ Hey , I think there 's a fire up at Meadowbanks . ’ |
| 11 | The children were watching TV peacefully , but Annie saw her as she bobbed her head around the door , gave a pleased gurgle and started to scramble down . |
| 12 | As Zen approached his office , the inspector who had been trying to trace Ubaldo Valesio 's movements poked his head around the door of the next room . |
| 13 | Wendy put her head around the door . |
| 14 | The dome also incorporates a built-in groundsheet with a 6″ lip around the door , this will ensure no unwelcome creatures can come wandering into your bivvy during the night . |
| 15 | Before he left , Chagall twisted a coil of stout wire around the door handle twenty-five times , certain that the one hundred and fifty paintings he had left inside would be secure . |
| 16 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |