Sentence examples for were politely shown from inspiring English sources

When the Betfair duo tried to raise money they realised they had been beaten to the capital markets and were politely shown the door.

If she turns up to talk about near-Earth objects, she'll be politely shown to the transporter chamber.Dr Othman is attending a debate about political issues for the UN that arise from alien life.

She approached the caretakers and was politely shown the door.

One journalist making inquiries at the police headquarters was politely shown the door – but only after her ID and accreditation were photocopied and neatly filed.

After proposing that C.Z. Guest's Braques could be improved with bright red borders, Draper -- whom Frank Lloyd Wright dismissed as an "inferior desecrator" -- was politely shown the door.

As Laszlo puts it, he and his brother were "very politely shown the door".

The watchers, interrogated, said they were tax collectors; were politely requested to show their proofs and showed their police cards.

But some say the decision is a sign that the rough-and-tumble culture that American banks helped encourage here may be politely but pointedly shown the door.

Voices were politely hushed.

Questions on the subject were politely deflected.

As established UK tax havens are politely asked to show the world some leg on transparency, "City UK", with its unparalleled expertise in the ways of the offshore world, is busily setting up a new "global financial centre" in Nairobi, Kenya.