Sentence examples for was at the gate from inspiring English sources

He was at the gate of his police compound when the attacker tried to come inside.

"I was at the gate when my phone rang," said Derick, his blue eyes turning misty.

A sentry was at the gate, and soldiers with trumpets and drums.

"I was at the gate, and the World Trade Center is right outside our window," she remembers.

Soon the bus was at the gate to Fresh Kills, and a moment later Mr. Johnson was telling the driver to hit the brakes.

I arrived one hour before my international flight, stood in virtually no line, and was at the gate with thirty minutes to spare.

And now hell was at the gates".

"If we had not intervened, Qaddafi was at the gates of Benghazi," Senator McCain said.

Soon Hidalgo was at the gates of the capital, but he hesitated, and the opportunity was lost.

By September 1977 Somalia had largely conquered the Ogaden region, and the war was at the gates of Hārer.

Isis was at the gates of Baghdad just 14 months ago and has since been hemmed back.