• It was reported months ago that main cast member Dan Stevens would be shutting the door on his time at Downton.

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  • Surely more thoughtful ways can be devised to help depressed areas than simply turning off the lights and shutting the door.

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  • He returned not five minutes later, hastily shutting the door.

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  • Responding to the NAO report, she urged the Department of Health to be careful that the efficiency drive did not lead to the NHS "shutting the door" on patients.

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  • But if the Chinese came to us and said, 'Look, here's what we have cooking, ' I'm not going to tell you I'm shutting the door today to something that's logical and might have a chance of success.

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  • He was a tall, fair-haired matinee idol who was also a Class One driver, trained by the SAS. Tebbutt knew that by going to work for Diana he was effectively shutting the door to any future work with the Prince of Wales, but he had a soft spot for Diana.

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  • Others might say it's a bit like shutting the coop door after the hen has scarpered.

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  • None of this will solve the credit crisis, and there's a fair measure of shutting the barn door too late here.

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  • In the past, darting outside unclothed to, say, fetch the newspaper meant you ran the risk of the door shutting behind you, leaving you locked out in the buff.

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  • After the inquest, the families of the deceased said their lives had been ended by "something as simple as shutting the grill door" and urged people to check their cookers.

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  • But with Estrada promising to press on with constitutional changes that he says are essential to the Philippines' economic future, and opponents vowing to stop what they call a dangerous crack in the door shutting out the nation's dictatorial past, positions are hardening.

    CNN: The Battle Lines Form

  • Hopefully it will put enough of a wedge in that door to keep it from shutting completely.

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  • But it remains to be seen whether Gingrich can manage a strategy that requires patience and restraint--traits not always evident in a Speaker who once cited his pique over having to exit Air Force One through the rear door as a reason for shutting down the government.

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