1.   After a short discussion with the customs officers, the gates opened and the truck moved off.

2.   As instructed, he got out and pressed a bell in the wall, and after a moment the gates opened.

3.   At the touch of a button a huge gate opens and I am confined in a small area between fences.

4.   Iron gates open to a courtyard filled with pots of geraniums and ivy tucked next to rusted bistro tables and chairs.

5.   The gate opened and dressed-up children spilled into the street, bright beads from a broken string.

6.   Then the gates opened and they went through.

7.   The gate opened, and the animals ran free.

8.   He had sent word to Eochaid, and the gates opened.

9.   The gate opened into a magnificent courtyard paved with huge slabs of stone, an enchanted place of moonlit trees and silvered statuary.