Sentence examples for doorstep long from inspiring English sources

What better than a gift that keeps landing on your doorstep long after your birthday is gone, balloons all deflated, cake all eaten?

The photographers are on the doorstep long before the cheque book is produced – the subjects are often forced into the so-called 'Faustian pact' as the better of two evils; if their images are going to be exploited by the newsroom storytellers regardless, they may as well get paid.

Now we know where Jessica Hyde is – on Becky's doorstep – how long will it take us to find out who she is?

Felicity Lawrence's excellent article about migrant workers in Wisbech (The gangsters on our doorstep, The long read, 11 May) demonstrates what many of us in East Anglia know – that our concerns are not about migrants and migration but about low pay, overcrowded housing, criminal activity and, above all, the exploitation of the honest and decent by the unscrupulous.

Interviewers may tie up their telephones or occupy their doorsteps for long periods, sometimes asking questions about private matters that are not suitable subjects for public inquiry.

It's on the doorstep, a long-established favourite with a sophisticated legal and planning system, and rental guarantees are often supported by big groups – such as ours – making it a sensible choice for Britons," Mr Leach says.

This specter, they feared so desperately in their hearts, could arrive on their own doorsteps before long.

Danny (Fugit) shows up on the doorstep after a long estrangement.

Like a lot of folks this holiday season, Terry Miller has been receiving a barrage of packages at his doorstep all month long.

I don't know how I've ended up standing on the doorstep of a long-lost friend, too scared to ring the bell.

But there's one service that is still stuck in brick-and-mortar land, and to be quite honest, it's shocking that it's stayed offline and off of our doorsteps for so long: Dry cleaning.