Example sentences of "door and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Nurse Motley said that when it appeared that Kayley was about to suffer another respiratory attack , she had administered oxygen while Allitt had opened the door and called for the cardiac arrest team .
2 ‘ Disturbance ? ’ asked Geoff , opening the station door and speaking over the back of my head .
3 And when Arthur Peeble pushed open the in-between door and came into the store-room , calling politely , ‘ Miss Conway .
4 I open the door and burst into the warm night air .
5 So while Philip made tentative approaches to Elizabeth , families like the Raleighs , Grenvilles and Drakes put their shoulders to the door and pushed in the opposite direction .
6 They waved goodbye at the door and got into the Jaguar well pleased at the chunk which had been taken out of the Guinness Mahon share mountain .
7 ‘ That 's because he enters by the old tower door and sits at the back , where he ca n't be seen , ’ she replied eagerly .
8 She pushed wide the door and edged through the lanes between the great plants , black and white and grey .
9 She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple .
10 A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof .
11 After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room .
12 McQuaid slammed the car door and walked towards the house .
13 Doyle turned from the door and walked towards the exit .
14 The captain opened the door and walked across the room .
15 I shut the door and walked down the corridor .
16 Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was .
17 Sophie opened the door and walked to the lift .
18 O'Malley pushed in the door and walked into the kitchen .
19 Hiding jug and lanthorn behind the water butt , Jess opened the door and walked into the kitchen .
20 He closed the door and walked up the steps .
21 He kicked open the door and rushed to the far end of a large room .
22 His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall .
23 Massingham walked over to Berowne 's jacket hanging on a hook at the back of the door and felt in the two outer and one inner pockets .
24 Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box , and the smell came out to him .
25 He looked at me as I walked through the door and looked to the Gendarme as if to say , Is this him ?
26 Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too .
27 He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there .
28 She threw open the outer door and looked down the side of the ship .
29 The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen .
30 I threw open the front door and looked into the street .
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