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Examples
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Achilles Tatius then hastened up the steps which led to one of the side-doors of the hall, which being slightly pressed, its noiseless hinge gave way and admitted him.
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Still carrying the fatal jug, I slipped out of one of the side-doors of the boys 'quarters into the street.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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His family grew and grew, and after his days continued to grow, until Brandy Hall occupied the whole of the low hill, and had three large front-doors, many side-doors, and about a hundred windows.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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His family grew and grew, and after his days continued to grow, until Brandy Hall occupied the whole of the low hill, and had three large front-doors, many side-doors, and about a hundred windows.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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It had a great golden gate and two small side-doors.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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As it came to a sudden stop in front of the little postoffice, its great, swinging side-doors opened and the passengers scrambled out, each one handing the jovial and loquacious driver a five-dollar note.
Buffalo Roost F. H. Cheley
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To a foreigner fresh from gentle lands there might well be a menace in their ambuscade, but he had known men of their race, if not of so savage an aspect, in the retinues of the Scots exiles who hung about the side-doors of Saint
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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This insult quickly aroused Gunn and Grim: they ran out by different side-doors, and charged
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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He paused for only an instant to assure himself that the man was in earnest, then he slid open one of the side-doors of the express-car, and stretched forth a hand whose clutch was like the closing of a claw of steel.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various
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Two armed guards sat one at each of the side-doors, which were kept partly open for ventilation.
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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