ante-room

Largely due to poorly written contracts and contractors taking the pi$$.example. contract says the ante-room must be cleaned twice a day, so the contractor has it done at 0900hrs then again at 1000hrs.

You Heard It Here First (Bulbgate) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

But the two cases that were exceptional, put a mood of depression and fear into all the listening animals, such as humans might experience in an ante-room of hell, listening to the flailing and the flaying of their fellows who had preceded them into the torture-chamber.

CHAPTER XXXIII 2010

Chambers went up to his room and had a wash, yawned for a few moments before the glass, and went down to the ante-room for a beer before lunch.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

To shake hands with the Ambassador, Louis put down the rabbit -- and the dog started chasing the rabbit through Sarkozy's office, which led to the unforgettable sight of Sarkozy, bent over, chasing the dog through the ante-room to his office as the dog chased the rabbit, and Louis filled the room with gleeful laughter.

WikiLeaked: Nicolas Sarkozy's bunny Jackson Diehl 2010

The witnesses were not admitted to the hearing, but sat in constrained silence in an ante-room.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

In the ante-room he paused and looked at the operations board.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

Then a staffer led us to an ante-room, graced by “The Reclining Bather” by Pablo Picasso.

Obama Courts Big Donors - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

But then there's another passage to the Emperor's rooms - an ante-room where his orderly sleeps, and then the royal bedchamber over-lookin 'the sundial garden.

Watershed 2010

Then a staffer led us to an ante-room, graced by “The Reclining Bather” by Pablo Picasso.

Obama Courts Big Donors - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

There was still one light burning in the ante-room; he crossed the room and studied the operations board.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010