Example sentences of "show [pers pn] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd show him the door , tell him if he can get more than that somewhere else he 's very welcome and use the £2million transfer fee on a player who does n't put money first . |
| 2 | He also hit out about his departure from Upton Park saying : ‘ West Ham never showed me the door . |
| 3 | He was frightened when I mentioned Fraternity & Equality Insurance , showed me the door . |
| 4 | And he just stuck the needle in his arm , and he said , ‘ Well , I think the baby 's a mongol ’ , and he showed me the door and that was it . |
| 5 | When Jane asked for an overdraft , the bank manager ( slogan : ‘ We Like to Say ‘ Yes ’ ’ ) , a pompous Dad 's Army look-alike , after conferring with some nasty men in suits who turned their backs to her , had shown her the door . |
| 6 | She could just see the raised eyebrows , the exchange of bemused glances , and the shrugs which said , So what ? before they politely but firmly showed her the door . |
| 7 | Quinn , meanwhile , joined Coventry with a good luck message from the boss who showed him the door at St James ' Park . |
| 8 | More controversy followed when Leeds showed him the door following an incident at a North Wales training camp . |
| 9 | Instead of showing me the door , he roared with laughter : ‘ So what if I clothe gangsters on the screen ? |
| 10 | It 's the polite way of showing you the door . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ We were very close to showing him the door . |
| 12 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 13 | What goes on here ? ’ 'I did n't ask you here and I do n't want to see you and I have nothing to say to you , ’ I said , showing her the door but , alas , she seemed to have no intention of going through it , so I capitulated rather too easily and offered her a drink from the mini bar . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you wish to show me the door , Miss Lennox ? ’ |
| 15 | So you ought to show me the door today ! ’ |