1.   She had left the dining-room door open and the cupboard door slightly ajar.

2.   We stay with William-and just hear the door open and a voice come down the corridor.

3.   Barry heard a door open and footsteps coming in his direction.

4.   Ruth knocked on the now open door and then stepped into the suite.

5.   Leonora hurried upstairs gleefully, inserted a new set of batteries in the transistor, turned up the volume and left her bedroom door open a crack.

6.   Marking European Heritage Days on Saturday and Sunday, the abbey, which gives its name to Grey Abbey, is throwing its doors open to visitors.

7.   An open cabinet door reveals Mediterranean earthenware pottery and two outsized mortars.

8.   And regardless of what happens in Helsinki, NATO throws its doors open to new members from central Europe in July.

9.   Bargains are so good and shopping so intense that shoppers brace for a little shoving and show up an hour or more before doors open for the best sales.