Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | She managed to escape and ran to a lorry parked nearby where she banged on the door to attract the driver 's attention . |
| 2 | and or she went to the door |
| 3 | The three glossed signs from transcript 1 ( KNOCKED , CAME , WHAT ? ) represent three propositions with the meaning that someone knocked at the door , the person inside came and tried to find out what it was . |
| 4 | There are two possible ways in which the bells can be arranged so that someone arriving at the door can signal their arrival to a person in a specific apartment . |
| 5 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |
| 6 | I ca n't help laughing , so I duck behind the door and bury my knuckles in my mouth to catch the drips . |
| 7 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 8 | There was nowhere else to go , so she knocked on the door . |
| 9 | Support the C E C's special motion and before I move that Congress , I 'll accept in anticipation , that the General Secretary will double the pocket collection that we have outside the door . |
| 10 | he brought us straight back here , so we got to the door , I says well how much did he say ? |
| 11 | At last , there was a cry of ‘ Silence ! ’ , and everyone looked towards the door . |
| 12 | I was about to leave for school and I walked out the door without my skirt on . |
| 13 | We went back up the staircase and I hammered on the door . |
| 14 | An Indian shawl went around my shoulders and I started toward the door . |
| 15 | And I and I run to the door and you 'd just drove off . |
| 16 | She recoils in outrage , and I barge through the door . |
| 17 | If I lean on the door , push me weight on the door . |
| 18 | Bolt themselves in , if someone knocks on the door , you know , it 's sort of who is it |
| 19 | If that er clothing becomes heated and it gets to the right temperature it will burst into the flames , likewise if it 's not balanced properly and you go out the door the living room or the lounge into the kitchen or some other part of your home the draft by closing the door can knock the airer over , unbalance it and of course er set fire to the clothing . |
| 20 | So even if they were n't in and you to knock on the door , the burglar alarm would stop you ? |
| 21 | And she knocked on the door had this crap conversation and then buggered off . |
| 22 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 23 | Rachel signals for me to stay quiet , and she asks through the door what these guys want . |
| 24 | Her shoulder was brushing his arm , and she yanked on the door with strength born of pure panic . |
| 25 | ‘ Dammit , ’ she snapped , and she pounded on the door with both hands . |
| 26 | they all sit there looking at her and saying bloody hell she ai n't got her own hat on , we 've been here quarter of an hour and she walks in the door , takes her coat off and says come on ladies you 're suppose to be off your hind by two o'clock , leaving here at two |
| 27 | If you walk through the door you 're gon na get one of those . |
| 28 | Now , if you go through the door you 've got so many seconds to get to the box to turn it off . |
| 29 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 30 | More steam , more dust stirred up until we ran for the door gasping . |