Example sentences of "the entrance [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coop was on the roof , a few feet from the door to the house , and was a hollowed-out tree-trunk with a wooden slat for sealing the entrance at night . |
| 2 | An exterior stairway led to the entrance at first-floor level , with another storey above ; these would have been the groom 's quarters over the stable itself . |
| 3 | There was a brief scuffle at the entrance between photographers and a male colleague with the Marquess . |
| 4 | They were interrupted by the entrance of Mrs Little . |
| 5 | This time he did n't have to wait with trepidation for the entrance of Gesner . |
| 6 | But either as a compensation or as a contributing factor , the entrance of women into non-legal unions at increasingly earlier ages has occurred , in some cases in tandem with late age at marriage . |
| 7 | The entrance of women into the manufacturing workforce , particularly into its most modern sectors , is clearly having important consequences in many Third World countries ( see Tiano , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | He supervised the transport and erection of a pair of colossal statues of the king of Karnak and of the two colossal statues , known as the Colossi of Memnon , which were placed at the entrance of Amenophis III 's mortuary temple in western Thebes . |
| 9 | The original site right at the entrance of Swingswang Lane was highly unsuitable . |
| 10 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 11 | The landlord of the Fox and Hounds in Cotherstone , which stands at the entrance of Baldersdale and was to become the front line headquarters for the film makers , scoffed at this idea . |
| 12 | As she did so she glanced towards the entrance of A and E , checking automatically for Jim Harris 's car — except it would n't be there , she remembered with a twinge of regret . |
| 13 | The entrance of lawyers changed the pattern . |
| 14 | The silence was broken by the entrance of Edward Morris , he smiled at her warmly and she returned his smile for this was a generous customer , a rare being who had paid her in advance for her work . |
| 15 | A little distance from the entrance of Alport Dale , up the Snake Pass road , is the start of the last steep section of our route — Blackden Clough . |
| 16 | One evening , the usual sudden lull of conversation heralded the entrance of Johnny ‘ B ’ and his wife . |
| 17 | As his first wife , June Barry , recalls , Whitaker was at work on another project when a knock at the office door heralded the entrance of Donald Wilson . |
| 18 | ‘ … for many years after the time named in this Ramble , Great College Street — beyond the terrace of houses extending to the entrance of Messrs. Goodall 's existing premises — was totally impassable even as a footpath in the winter . |
| 19 | At the entrance to Rose 's office a plainclothes policewoman was standing . |
| 20 | ‘ Ye Gateway House at the entrance to Council House Square is the last timber-framed house to be built in Shrewsbury . |
| 21 | A longer but more interesting approach is possible by leaving the cart track at the viaduct and keeping along the east side of the railway ; join the track from Winterscales to Dentdale by passing over a bridge near the entrance to Blea Moor tunnel . |
| 22 | Scotland fans crowded at the entrance to Wembley threatening to lynch the Celtic keeper , and in an act of sad resignation , Haffey was forced to hide in a suburban house near the stadium . |
| 23 | But the crossing from Newcastle turned out to be a mini holiday in itself and very soon we were nosing our way through the islands and reefs which guard the entrance to Bergen 's Hanseatic harbour . |
| 24 | After a further 400yds the path regains the river , for a short time , by some moorings near the entrance to South Walsham Broad . |
| 25 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 26 | The 30-ft Fleetwood Mac got into difficulties in the entrance to Rosehearty harbour , near Fraserburgh , in heavy seas last night . |
| 27 | At the bottom ( north ) end it connects with a tarmac farm road which continues through a level crossing ( point C on map ) which is now open to pedestrian traffic only ( so it 's a very quiet lane ) , and thence to the entrance to Riccarton campus ( point D ) . |
| 28 | An excellent example of this type is to be found at the entrance to Poole Harbour ( Fig. 8.30 ) . |
| 29 | Third , the ‘ pinch point ’ at the entrance to St. Giles St. is a good idea in that it slows traffic intending to turn left off The Mound ; however , there is a similar problem at the top of Market St. , and a raised paved crossing there , perhaps also with a pedestrian crossing , would be an improvement . |
| 30 | Situated at the entrance to Royalty & Empire , the Arcade captured the atmosphere of a bustling Victorian Street Market , and includes : |