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  • A sign above the entrance gate-house declared PARKING 40 PESOS.

    The Calling 2009

  • A sign above the entrance gate-house declared PARKING 40 PESOS.

    The Calling 2009

  • Naturally one assumes that your drive is tree-lined and presumably has a gate-house complete with gatekeeper.

    are you posh or not Valleys Mam 2007

  • Father had called it the Lodge, and although Mother had complained that the name made it sound like the gate-house to a manor, the name had prevailed.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Father had called it the Lodge, and although Mother had complained that the name made it sound like the gate-house to a manor, the name had prevailed.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Seeing an old woman seated at the door of the gate-house I asked her the name of the village.

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • The surrounding mob, collected outside in vacant curiosity to gaze upon the newly arrived criminals, hailed their appearance with many obscene jests and very much brutal laughter; but upon their entry into the porch or gate-house the outer doors were closed, and

    Ralph Rashleigh 2004

  • We were kept waiting a few minutes in an outer gate-house, and then ushered to the door of a rude, half-fortified whitewashed house.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

  • Only a small space near the gate remained, and Prince Jeta, realizing belatedly that this was no ordinary purchase and that it might be advisable to make a contribution, threw it in for free, build­ing a gate-house on the spot.

    Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

  • Rapp had already slid over to the left side to avoid getting his photograph taken from the surveillance camera mounted above the door to the gate-house.

    The Third Option Vince Flynn 2000

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