get a foot in the door in a sentence

Examples

1. The importance of the hookworm campaign was to get a foot in the door and swiftly convince rural people of the value of public health work.
2. The sad truth is that predatory lenders would never be able to get a foot in the door if traditional banks made loans in minority neighborhoods,
3. It makes sense, after all, to get a foot in the door now, while the market for foreign beers is still growing 10 percent a year.
4. "You get a foot in the door, and that helps when you want to sell another service, " said Dan Rudakas, an analyst with Everen Securities.
5. In return, the arrangement gives Warner the chance to set up a new distribution channel, and HBO gets a foot in the door of the interactive business.
6. "Rosie hosting the show was a way for us to get a foot in the door of American popular culture, " said Bill Evans, a press agent.
7. Many of the newer, smaller shows are written by younger people who are aware of Broadway's forbidding odds and want to get a foot in the door.
8. To get a foot in the door, I worked as a prop man, I carried the coffee _ I even cleaned the toilets in the honey wagons.
9. And the same can be said for Godzilla, who after all those years toiling in Japanese pictures gets a foot in the door of a big American studio.
10. Lyon wanted to get a foot in the door and start writing for " Jane ", so he applied for the only open spot, a photo assistant position.