Converse of object

• ask: A group of girls from Vermont was asking the doorman of Corcoran's to take a picture of them.

• employ: They have even had to employ a doorman at the local line dancing class in a bid to prevent rowdy youngsters causing trouble.

• have: If you have people in the back make sure you have a doorman.

• train: The possibility of introducing or improving late night public transport services with, for example, trained doorman on board.

• play: Fed up with playing doorman to your cat, without a tip?

Preposition: at

• hotel: And the doorman at the posh hotel behind her also realized and came out armed with tablecloths and warm water.

• nightclub: You are thrown off guard when the doorman at the nightclub is happy to see you.

• club: The night before his death he worked until 3am as a doorman at a club out Basildon way.

Converse of subject

• greet: From the moment you are greeted by the liveried doorman, you will experience a cordial yet discreet welcome.

Noun used with modifier

• claridges: Always seats available - interesting mix of clientele: cabbies & Claridges doormen.

Adjective modifier

• friendly: We can't find them anywhere, then spot Yannis in conversation with the previously friendly doorman.

• former: Lock Martin, a former hotel doorman, was cast as Gort due to his impressive height of 7 foot, 7inches.

Modifies a noun

• won't: Sorry, folks, flashing your iPod at the doorman wonât get you in.

Noun used with modifier

• nightclub: Built like the proverbial nightclub doorman, Austin has also adopted the " thou shalt not pass " mentality of that particular brethren.

• hotel: There is another slightly different version, stating that Broadway musical directors would do the same test on an aging hotel doorman.

• dancing: We call him the dancing doorman because he's always dancing.

• night: The case involved a customer who was stabbed in the spine by a night club doorman and as a result became paralyzed.