About twenty metres further down, Alex could make out the electric gate and the checkpoint guarding the launch area on the other side.

At the center of the fence was an electric gate controlled by a uniform inside a guard station.

Just £2 opens an electric wooden gate and you're in.

Let me in' Another silence, then a loud electronic beep, and the electric gate slid open.

The electric gate eased open as he approached.

While he listened intently to the conversation, Joe watched as, out at the end of the long driveway, the ornate electric gate rolled aside.

The compound was surrounded by a wall, and there were two African guards sleeping by the electric gate.

The man behind the electric gate shouted orders to those in front; four guards ran to the car and yanked the smashed panels open.

At the end of the hall they went through a doorway and a double-barred electric gate.

That stupid electric gate of his has finally paid off.