1.   As chief inspector of schools, he was required to report fairly on progress as well as reverses behind the school gate.

2.   I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates.

3.   I took the steps in big bounds and pelted across the asphalt to the school gates.

4.   More significant than these are the phrases which imply that teachers have a responsibility which extends beyond the school gates.

5.   The fight at the school gates has for ever been a staple of playground life.

6.   The older boys hovered furtively outside the school gates, clutching thinly rolled cigarettes.

7.   The children poured out of the school gates.

8.   The two men came level with the school gates.