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   PID: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK>   She  turned  her  head  as there was a light dignified   
   AK>   knocking at the front door. I went out and opened  it.   
   AK>   Gatsby,  pale  as  death,  with his hands plunged like   
   AK>   weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a  puddle   
   AK>   of water glaring tragically into my eyes.   
   AK>   
   AK>   With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by   
   AK>   me into the hall, turned sharply as if he  were  on  a   
   AK>   wire, and disappeared into the living-room.  It wasn't   
   AK>   a bit funny. Aware of the loud beating of my own heart   
   AK>   I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.   
   AK>   
   AK> It "against" a verb? ;-)   
      
   No,  but "to" is not a sign of the infinitive either.  It is   
   a preposition depending on "pull" and acting upon an implied   
   noun (jamb): pull  the door snugly  to the jamb to  shut off   
   bad weather.   
      
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