It's through my friendship with them that they are not banging on the door.

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The reformers still find themselves banging on the door to get inside the power structure.

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Spooked at the prospect of missing out, other exchanges are banging on the door: Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland are expected to join soon.

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Two members of his security detail -- already waiting outside for the mayor -- noticed flames coming out of a second-story window of the neighbor's home and called fire dispatch before banging on the door to alert the home's occupants.

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But if you do, you will realize that you know the restroom is about to be cleaned because you can hear the cleaning crew banging loudly on the door to see if anybody is inside.

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The door lunged open against him when he unlocked it, banging Jimbo on the head so that he started crying, howling.

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Another prisoner cut his head by banging his head on a cell door in what the military officials said was a self-inflicted wound.

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