1.   As he spoke, the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood.

2.   A locked gate barred my entrance to the wood.

3.   A line of yellow tape bars its entrance.

4.   Prison officials barred entrance to the largest cell blocks, but a tour of a smaller block revealed the main walkway filled with mud that sticks like thick glue.

5.   Russian forces took control of the airport near Pristina and used the armored vehicles to bar the entrance of British and French troops.

6.   The bunker where the Novotnys hid from the Americans is still there, too, its entrance barred by a rusty gate.

7.   The foreign fighters are apparently so distrustful of local Taliban soldiers that they are barring their entrance to many areas across the city, the refugees said.

8.   Police barred entrance to Palestinians to preserve public order.

9.   Barricades barred entrances to the Arab neighborhoods.

10.   Libya has refused to allow the refugees to return, and Egypt has barred their entrance unless they have travel documents.