at the door

My guide led me to a tall, ruinous house with shuttered windows, and knocked several times at the door.

POLICEMAN: A policeman knocked at the door to ask him not to make so much noise.

We attend funerals to honor their memory and grieve our loss, but we do not expect to be greeted at the door by the person who has died.

The next morning the barber found a dozen bibles at the door to his shop.

I was to call my mother When he knocked at the door.

She heard the men I sent disputing at the door, and she gathered the sense of Heathcliff's answer.

She was so absorbed in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.

Her mother impatiently met her at the door of the dressing-room, to ask why Lady Catherine would not come in again and rest herself.

He gave way at the door and let an old lady go in before him.

The Traveler and His Dog A TRAVELER about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stretching himself.

Suddenly, all this noise and confusion was silenced by a deep voice at the door.

at the door and he felt afraid for a moment. Just then the telephone began to ring.

How much for the Chinese guests from across the hall was blocked at the door to leave with regret?

"Dick" said the dwarf, thrusting his head in at the door, "my pet, my pupil, the apple of my eyes, hey, hey! "

But now, before I come to knock at the door of adulthood I feel anxious to express my own opinions on this saying.

Over to my left, at the door of the auditorium, was a seating arrangement for the "elderly. "

The night nurse and a guard greeted me at the door. We went up to the third floor of the large building.

It has brought you to where you are today, standing at the door of opportunity to ascend and leave duality for all time.

There seems to be a knock at the door.

As soon as Rostov went in at the door, he was conscious of the stench of hospital and putrefying flesh all about him.

He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watch at the door of the tabernacle.

John Carker, with a sigh, was passing slowly out at the door, when his brother's voice detained him for a moment on the threshold.

"I wish you would go with me, Newland, " his mother said, suddenly pausing at the door of the Brown coupe.

Then they began to run and rushed in at the door, where they fell into their father's arms.

He wondered if it was proper to knock at the door of her room.

And when the soul comes tapping at the door, it's time to let him in.

When you visit, when an Englishman, had to knock at the door, until he said "Come in" in order to go.

They came to the West-gate and found it shut, but at the door of the lodge beyond it, there was a man sitting.

And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Centuries ago a guard would have been posted at the door, and he wondered if perhaps that custom would have to be revived in the days ahead.

He took me by surprise when he suddenly appeared at the door.

When somebody knocked AT the door and asked if Mr. Marcus was in, John got the wind up. He though it was the police!

It will become another "mess" . And if it does, the problem will be laid at the door of the Afghan government and its Western allies.

said the man with black hair, Eron, who was standing at the door with sober smiles in his black eyes.

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He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.

However, just about David was gona get mental problems, a girl knocked at the door and dragged him out of his misery.

One day, an old beggar went to a village. He knocked at the door of a rich man to beg for food.

There she lingered thoughtfully, weeping at the door of the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him not.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

'And there's my sister Jemima at the door, I do declare' cried Polly, 'with my own sweet precious baby in her arms! '

He just stood and stared at them while standing at the door, No one had ever sent him flowers in his life before.

The guilt for the war, therefore, rests at the door of German militarism and its leaders.

Oh, I heard your dog scratching at the door, so I came to see what the matter was.

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, 'Come in, wife of Jeroboam.

But when mr Green saw Gangzi's wife at the door, he found she was quite a beautiful yong woman.

As we passed beneath the flags of the Italian republic and the European Union, the two carabinieri at the door gave him a formal salute.

He parted from her at the door of his room.

He disjoined from her at the door of his room.

It's the children, ' said Mrs Parsons, casting a half-apprehensive glance at the door. 'They haven't been out today. And of course.

I was standing, as it seemed to me, at the door of my own cottage.

Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city.

He wandered here and there. Finally, When he got home, he surprisedly found Zhen-zhen standing at the door, waiting for him in tears.

There was a knock at the door and a sentry put his head in.

Fruitful discussion was possible only if Washington checked politics and emotions at the door, said He.

Aunt Zhang, her face radiating happiness, stood at the door waiting for her daughter-in-law who was coming from town.

I heard a silent knock at the door and looked up to see Josh.

Tony stood at the door. He felt lost and uncomfortable. But the farmer smiled at him.

And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.

There was a girl, the leg with that in only at the door to see the other children, and very lonely.

Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face.

There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone had interrupted me that evening.

Wang is at the door, shall I ask him in?

One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first , OK? "

He looked upward rather than downward for a while at the door to the basement.

The door opened and I ran towards it full of joy. But there was a strange servant at the door.

Other ropes were made with vegetable fibers, and a sort of crane with a tackle was fixed at the door.

while we were still going on with our hot discussion , i thought of my knocking at the door might fool them.

Every class, her mother held at the door with touchdown earthquake left to her only spirit depend on.

Horrible screeches came through the metal as the thing clawed at the door. Chase was covered with sweat and blood.

knock at the door and enter. Then Suzuki sees a lady in the garden and learns with horror that she is Pinkerton's wife, Kate.

There is another version about this anecdote which says that Chruchill had nothing on when he heard someone knocking at the door.

After calling the police, and a cop showing up at the door, he took her side because she said it was "discipline" .

A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands.

I stand at the door and knock. Anyone who opens the door, I will come in and I will eat with him and he with Me.

Someone knocked at the door and he felt afraid for a moment.

The policeman had been standing on the settee staring out, craning to see who was at the door.

l. He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door .

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door. And He spoke to them the word.

He stood at the door, his hands in his pocket. . .

He had not time to finish, because Natasha, who had been listening at the door, ran into the room with a pale and set face.

A church can be an unfriendly and lonely place unless there is an Andrew or two at the door with a welcoming smile and friendly handshake.

We said goodbye at the door of the station, and that was the last time I saw her.

One day, I opened the door and found a cat just sat at the door. That cat is so fat!

But his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance , or complete departure.

The mother said the incident happened as her son was passing the classroom and stopped at the door to talk with a friend.

A woman behind me pushed me hard forward, and shouted loudly, " Go, Go, Go inside. Don't stand at the door. It is so crowded. "

After the meal however, when guests returned to their rooms, Campbell now says she was sleeping when there was a knock at the door.

I promised to be waiting at the door when he came out.

He had tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat when Lavrushka came in at the door with papers.

I promised to be waiting at the door when he came out.

He had tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat when Lavrushka came in at the door with papers.

"With God anything is possible, " said the woman taking names at the door.

Standing at the door ready to carry you away.

I remember a sort of a tussle at the door trying to get the door open. In any case, 12 hours later, I mean, they put us in the lobby.

and I met on the playground at the door of the teacher, I would take the initiative to go say hello to the teachers, teachers are ignored.

He stood at the door, his hands in his pockets.

At the door of his house he realizes it is better not to stand up, since he will almost certainly fall over again and wake up his wife.

But a week before half-term there was a knock at the door, with a special delivery for Anna.

He got a sack out of the buggy, shouldered it, and staggered with it through the cottage yard, and knocked at the door.

He got a sack out of the buggy, shouldered it, and staggered with it through the cottage yard, and knocked at the door.

At the door of his car , it seemed stupid to him to drive the measly half block home .

After I knocked at the door, the door opened and a boy appeared. He stared me up and down.

He might be still waiting at the door.

The prince opened the door. There was a woman at the door. She was all wet from the rain.

Later that same day, there was a knock at the door, but the old man did not answer .

At the door, he saw a thing, that he felt before seems to be seen.

Mr. Brown is at the door, shall I ask him in?

She accordingly ascended the stairs softly, and stood at the door of the front room.

His wife stared at the door and moaned slightly. "Steady, girl, " he said, evenly. The children looked at him, frightened, puzzled.

His wife stared at the door and moaned slightly. "Steady, girl, " he said, evenly. The children looked at him, frightened, puzzled.

TAKING your hat off at the door may seem like a throwback to a more genteel age.

and were finishing breakfast in their little parlour and eagerly discussing their plans for the day, when a heavy knock sounded at the door.

Mrs Brooks had not been able to catch any word of farewell, temporary or otherwise, between her tenants at the door above.

The image in the Canon is of a solid wooden door: a ball of string thrown at the door won't leave a dent at all.

He stood about, restless and uneasy, for a while, glancing at the door, every now and then, hoping she would repent and come to find him.

One of the suspects stood at the door of the bank.

Just as she was cleaning her shoes, George knocked at the door.

One evening, little Hans was sitting near the fire when he heard a loud knock at the door.

However, he was not to be discouraged; he daubed his face over brown and black; pulled his cap over his ears, and knocked at the door.

However, he was not to be discouraged; he daubed his face over brown and black; pulled his cap over his ears, and knocked at the door.

Upon arriving home in eager anticipation of a leisurely evening, the husband was met at the door by his sobbing wife.

Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.

The Mayor appeared at the door. He had shaved the left side of his face, but the other side, swollen and in pain, had a five-day-old beard.

He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door.

She finds Jackson's assistant at the door, who refuses to let her in and reveals that Jackson has left and probably for good.

Eventually he gets to the front and there at the door to communist hell is a little old man who looks a bit like Karl Marx.

All right, you're in your cabin, and you get a knock at the door, and one of the kids have been hurt.

His construction supervisor was just leaving in his pickup truck as I walked up to his simple, small and tidy home. Mike met me at the door.

In the bookstore at the door, she said to me: "You are a good sister. "

The children battered away at the door for admittance.

but when she finds he is not ready to receive her, she goes in at the door, and out through the window.

If you want to get out of your train at stations in between and enter again, try to enter at the door you went our.

So absorbed was he in the novel that he did not notice his father at the door.

He took her quite by surprise when he suddenly appeared at the door.

At the door he met an intelligent postman coming out with letters for the morning delivery.

"He caught me at the door, and he was like, 'Hey, you never responded to me, ' " she says.

A ring at the door-bell, and a messenger asked him to visit a poor dying mother.

It shows him standing angrily at the door of his flying house as a host of other flying vehicles swarm around outside.

But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.

Jim is at the door. He wants to see you.

Smith struck a match to light the fire and was to strike iron when he heard someone knock at the door.

on monday evening, a sleeping mr slavick told his wife: "your mum's at the door again. bury me. bury me deep. "

" papa , we are late , " said princess ellen , turning her lovely head on her statuesque shoulders as she waited at the door.

We were welcomed at the door by the children.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

As I stood at the door, the guard asked, "Was the old lady able to help you? "

Come on, do not signal, to see a really is not ah, may be the house signal is not good, it must have, wish, busy to run at the door.

They made it a signal between them to knock at the door three times.

The US is welcome but needs to check at least some of its values (but not its military might or universities) at the door.

It seemed there were knocks at the door and we said it was nothing but the wind.

When he fell asleep, a farmer began to knock at the door and got him up.

Right from the moment I kissed Katherine at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you. "

Regardless of the nature of the quarrel, try to leave your emotions at the door.

The guest who asks for a pack of cigarettes to be sent up to the room and receives us at the door fully naked.

Fairy jump to the prime culprit fortune for a GuiYu should be to have to LiMengLou encase Broadway hotel room at the door, he hit on.

Mr. Smith is at the door. He wants to see you.

While certainly true, it's critical to find a way to be able to leave your baggage and anxiety at the door.

When I met her at the door her smile wrapped around me like a warm glove, just as yours used to do, my darling.

She was still trying to make sense of the fact that it had been Joseph, not Diego, at the door.

As it was now nearly dark, he ran up to the little cottage, knocked at the door, and cried, "Dear little sister, let me in. "

He heard someone knocking at the door while he was going to bed last night.

As he started to turn the key he looked at the door-knocker. He saw, not a knocker, but Marley's face.

I hope to be a husband and a father someday, and when my son is born, I will be waiting at the door, not on a movie set.

I seem to hear someone knocking at the door.

It is but the work of a moment, to bound out of bed and listen at the door.

Oh yeah, We brought her back, and met Nrs. Li At the door . Although she did not return to our school. We still feel we have tried.

Developers might not get any richer, but at least there won*t be an angry mob at the door demanding redistribution of their existing wealth.

Now, with inflation moderating and Olympics Games at the door step, we expect a more tolerant economic policies over the next few months.

The car long being out of sight , Jenny was still standing at the door , gazing toward the end of the road.

At the door, with his blackest, most evil expression, Heep turned and said to me, ' I've always hated you, Copperfield!

She stood at the door as if she was waiting for someone.

At that moment my master appeared at the door. When he saw Heathcliff holding his wife, he went pale with anger.

But he saw nothing of this. He saw her pause irresolutely at the door and look towards him; and he saw no more.

There was a knock at the door just as we were about to have dinner.

A child answered at the door, and the visitor asked if he could speak to one of the parents.

As I sit at my desk to begin, there's a knock at the door. A church member enters with a huge smile on his face.

When Tianzhao was bathing, his mother would ask, while knocking at the door, "Sonny, shall I help clean your back? "

He knocks at the door as if he were master here already!

When I met her at the door her smile wrapped around me like a warm glove, just like yours used to do, my darling.

At the door to the restaurant, a stunning, porcelain faced woman in traditional costume asked me to remove my shoes.

It sounds as if somebody is knocking at the door.

One stormy night, there was a knock at the door. A young lady stood there, wet, tired and footsore.

he said, appearing at the door of the bedroom.

This morning, as soon as he got up, he went upstairs and began to knock at the door.

At the door Winston looked back, but O'Brien seemed already to be in process of putting him out of mind.

Service at the door is great with very knowledgable staff that go out of their way to help with your every need & question.

When Michael arrived home, he was surprised to find his wife at the door.

before lying down he crept shoeless upstairs , and listened at the door of her apartment.

As we were talking about him, he knocked at the door.

The main object of teaching is not to explain meanings, but to knock at the door of the mind.

At this time, at the door of the two men also came over and stood on both sides of reporters and plainclothes police have been staring at.

He was just falling asleep when there was a knock at the door.

It kept on crying and knocking at the door, while the rain poured down and the wind shook the windows.

She was so in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.

A salesman at the door wanted to know if he needed any brushes. Slamming the door, the man returned to the bath.

It pauses, overcome by shyness, like my grandchild at the door, peeping in, ducking out of sight, giggling in the hallway.

He had quilts and ticks, and also had a old sheep skin fur-lined jacket, by the equalitarian rule, it was his turn to sleep at the door.

His wife met him at the door and seemed somewhat excited.

He knocked at the door but there was no answer.

I found a stray cat cryIng at the door.

I find that lately it's been harder to leave the day at the door.

I'll see if I can root up some old clothes to give to the old man at the door.

This time, bubby opened the door and said, "Don't Knock at the door. I can't hear. Ring the doorbell, please. "

We came at the door, he saw a ragged old grandfather sitting on the floor, his face not a trace of a smile, looked very sad.

Ron, who was now helping himself to Harry's toast, was still gazing dreamily at the door.

But there was no answer when they knocked at the door.

There once was a man who went to a computer trade show. Each day as he entered, the man told the guard at the door.

He wished to die; the opportunity presented itself; he knocked at the door of the tomb, a hand in the darkness offered him the key.

When I left, at the door to give her the gift, kneeling down, knock his head.

If Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke had a tank, I wouldn't just be in it; I'd probably be the bouncer checking ID's at the door.

It is rude of you to come in without knocking at the door.

Mr. Hale : I didn't hear or see anything ; I knocked at the door , and still it was all quiet inside .

He cleaned his feet at the door and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful.

You were not looking at the door to the waiting room the entire time, were you?

Think of those big, burly nightclub bouncers, crossing their 26-inch pythons while standing guard at the door to a club.

All of a sudden Ed appeared at the door. We weren't expecting him to drop by.

income residential street. MARTIN WELLS knock at the door. DOGGETT step up and pounds much more forcefully on the door. Oh, so manly!

One night they were having dinner when there was a knock at the door.

There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.

She arranged a few things hastily and then left for the theatre, half expecting to encounter him at the door.

Her research put an end to the days when parents handed their children over to strangers at the door of the hospital ward.

God warned him that sin was waiting at the door of his life, looking for an opportunity to enter.

school, May will wait for her at the door. It eats.

Unless the briny is lapping at the door, which generally takes a hurricane, politicians give little thought to the sea.

Knock, indeed, he did at the door, but not with one of those gentle raps.

Tom was sitting near the fire when he heard a knock at the door.

He found a dead cat at the door.

Beautiful things in this world are not destined to last long , we kiss interrupted by a knock at the door. Dust and dry to pay back .

He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door.

Tiffany's may post guards at the door, but the salespeople are happy to let you hold priceless jewels.

Try to be brave, she thought ashis tear-streaked face appeared at the door, eyes red, face pale, snotty-sleeved.

But nor does it make any sense to leave our values at the door when we talk to China's leaders, nor to go into every discussion on one knee.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

When people arrive to interrupt, meet them at the door and talk outside your office. Letting them in may add minutes to the interruption.

Every sunset, the little girl stood at the door, full of hope, looking at the road in front of, wait for their mothers to go home.

e. g. I had just walked out of the kitchen when someone knocked at the door.

After having already visited several members, he arrived at the door of a poor, elderly widow. He rang.

Someone knocked at the door . just as I was getting into the bath.

My knock at the door was answered by a gangly, tousled -haired young man in overalls, who confirmed that they did, indeed, have a telephone.

Molly Wingate, middle-aged, portly, dark browed and strong, stood at the door of the rude tent which for the time made her home.

I hopped into a taxi standing at the door. Quick , to the airport!

Hardly had she sat down when she heard someone knocking at the door .

He thought he had too long standing at the door and looking out.

I was about to leave when you knocked at the door.

The church secretary met me at the door and handed me a special gift envelope.

Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens . Ah , love, why dost thou let me wait outside at the door all alone ?

Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

I was about to go to bed last night when someone knocked at the door.

He says: do not fear. I stand at the door and knock, if one hears my voice and opens the door for me, i will come to him.