Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] doors [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individualism was well established as one of the cardinal virtues of Western civilization when Japan reopened her doors in the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | When the newly renovated and expanded Art Gallery of Ontario ( AGO ) finally reopened its doors in late January , it found nearly C$7 million ( $5.4 million ; £3.9 million ) on the stoop . |
| 3 | Two schools which opened their doors to deaf children in the 1890s were the Royal Cross School , Preston , and the Hugh Bell School , Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | Hotels and restaurants and clubs always opened their doors to anyone caught above ground when the bombing started . |
| 5 | When the academies opened their doors to women in 1919 the association changed its curriculum to offer preparatory courses , the drawing teachers ' course was closed and for a while they placed emphasis on the trade-oriented forms , like book-binding which was also started later at the state school . |
| 6 | About 850 ‘ restaurants of the heart ’ opened their doors in French cities yesterday to serve free meals to the poor over Christmas and the winter . |
| 7 | The Labour Exchanges Bill passed its second reading without a division on 16 June 1909 , and the new exchanges opened their doors in February 1910 . |
| 8 | Banbury School opened its doors on 1 September 1967 , but not very much changed on that day . |
| 9 | Manager Michael Sheridan said , ‘ The Branch became an instant success with customers when it first opened its doors on 28 April 1868 and since then it has continued to build on its reputation . ’ |
| 10 | In an exciting new venture , Napier opened its doors on the KJP Gallery in October . |
| 11 | Gallery attendances have doubled since the new Arts Centre opened its doors at the South Entrance to the University campus |
| 12 | On 7 January 1929 the Coliseum in Eglinton Street opened its doors to miles of queues , and the original Jazz Singer starring the original Al Jolson . |
| 13 | Britain 's best known dogs home opened its doors to the public yesterday after a four-day break . |
| 14 | And when , in 1983 , The Guggenheim Museum opened its doors to the ‘ return of painting ’ with an exhibition devoted to Transavanguardia , works by the ‘ 3Cs ’ ( Chia , Cucchi and Clemente ) , were snapped up at prices in excess of $50,000 . |
| 15 | Consultancy Services ' refurbished Thomson House opened its doors to staff and the outside world last month with two special open days . |
| 16 | On 7 December 1967 the Apple Boutique at London 's 94 Baker Street opened its doors to the world , selling all the bright colours and bamboozling gaudiness of that most extraordinary period in the history of fashion . |
| 17 | THE Ulster Cancer Foundation 's annual art exhibition and sale opened its doors to the public yesterday . |
| 18 | In Bournemouth , Mummies Day this year was at Easter , for that 's when a breathtaking new exhibition on the Royal Mummies of Ancient Egypt , opened its doors to the public . |
| 19 | St Hugh 's opened its doors to men in nineteen eighty six . |
| 20 | Hoddesdon depot opened its doors to the St John Ambulance in March when they offered their conference room for a training course as part of the organisation 's ‘ Breath of Life Week ’ . |
| 21 | When the Reading Room opened its doors for the first time in the city of St Louis , Missouri , it became the world 's first literary brothel . |
| 22 | The new meeting house opened its doors for worship almost exactly a year later ; it had cost £3,366 . |
| 23 | The company , which opened its doors for business a month ago , was spun-out to market the two year old BNR technology developed for the telecommunications market . |
| 24 | The grand total of awards made since the European Script Fund opened its doors in April 1989 has been 236 from over 2200 submissions received . |
| 25 | The London School of Medicine for Women opened its doors in 1874 to the accompaniment of much ridicule of ‘ lady doctors ’ ; despite the efforts of Florence Nightingale , the profession continued to be male-dominated . |
| 26 | There are two such chains of computer superstore in the UK — home-grown PC World , which opened its doors in Croydon last November , later adding a store in Thurrock , Essex , and the American-backed Business Superstore which has two branches , one in west London and one in Colindale in northwest London . |
| 27 | The start up company which opened its doors in June , as an independent supplier of multichip packaging and subsystems , bought out the DEC operation as a going concern . |
| 28 | Situated in Milton Keynes , it first opened its doors in 1979 as a purpose-built comprehensive for boys and girls between the ages of twelve and sixteen . |
| 29 | The first City Technology College , in Solihull , opened its doors in September 1988 . |
| 30 | When it opened its doors in 1971 , it was the realization of a long-desired wish to provide Wales with a comprehensive system of agricultural education whereby a high-level institution would be added to the existing colleges of agriculture and horticulture . |