Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] at [art] door " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 2 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
| 3 | Gilly nearly tripped over herself , leaping down and grabbing up ‘ Sarsaparilla to Sorcery ’ from the chair seat , stretching her guts out to tip the book into its place on the shelf as Trotter appeared at the door . |
| 4 | On a Sunday in February she was eating her lunch in the cottage where she lived , when d'Urberville knocked at the door . |
| 5 | You 're forgetting I 've known you since childhood , Doreen — ’ He broke off as Ling appeared at the door . |
| 6 | Most of them were well gone in their cups and offered no objection when Cranston knocked at the door and demanded entrance . |
| 7 | When Cissie appeared at the door , Beth held out her arms and the girl fell into them , and there the three of them remained huddled while the unholy row raged below . |