Example sentences of "[vb past] its doors [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Banbury School opened its doors on 1 September 1967 , but not very much changed on that day . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | In an exciting new venture , Napier opened its doors on the KJP Gallery in October . |
| 5 | Gallery attendances have doubled since the new Arts Centre opened its doors at the South Entrance to the University campus |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Britain 's best known dogs home opened its doors to the public yesterday after a four-day break . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Consultancy Services ' refurbished Thomson House opened its doors to staff and the outside world last month with two special open days . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | THE Ulster Cancer Foundation 's annual art exhibition and sale opened its doors to the public yesterday . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | St Hugh 's opened its doors to men in nineteen eighty six . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The new meeting house opened its doors for worship almost exactly a year later ; it had cost £3,366 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The first City Technology College , in Solihull , opened its doors in September 1988 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Grosvenor opened its doors in the 1920s as a focal point for preachers , and it was the sound of music that made it famous . |
| 26 | India shut its doors through a mixture of state socialism and post-colonial pride . |
| 27 | A new film Give My Regards to Broad Street achieved extra significance on 30 September when all pleas for a reprieve were rejected , and the North London mausoleum closed its doors to passengers and awaited total demolition . |
| 28 | Best of all , of course , the place has a built-in prison to put Buoncamino to shame , for though Alcatraz closed its doors to its regular customers 27 years ago it is still preserved as a tourist attraction . |
| 29 | As the hotel closed its doors to the public in 1935 these records will provide a first glimpse of the interior of this remarkable Grade-One Listed building for most visitors to the museum . |
| 30 | In 1977 the Skyfame Aircraft Museum closed its doors to the public for the last time and virtually all the aircraft in the collection were transferred to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in one of the most momentous rescue and re-site operations ever undertaken . |