Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] open " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) . |
| 2 | I push the door open and join the girls in front of the mirror . |
| 3 | Somewhat perturbed , Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him . |
| 4 | A great wind of rage seemed to blow her along the passage , flung the door open and then dropped her , becalmed , just inside it . |
| 5 | He flung the door open and waved his cane impatiently . |
| 6 | Bob hastened across and then flung the door open for her . |
| 7 | Unable to prevent his speedy passage , she screwed her eyes up tightly , her body rigid in his hands as he flung the door open . |
| 8 | He moved as quietly as he could towards the connecting door , grasped the handle and with a single movement flung the door open . |
| 9 | This one just flung the door open and she 'd either been standing behind it when I knocked or , more likely , she 'd seen me coming . |
| 10 | She crossed the room and flung the window open , then sneezed as the sudden breeze sent dust motes dancing in the air . |
| 11 | She flung the wardrobe open , riffled the line of clothes , selected a blouse , waved it at him , added , ‘ … while I 'm doing this , ’ and rushed out again . |
| 12 | Tear the packet open and take the condom out , taking care not to damage the rubber with fingernails or jewellery . |
| 13 | One firm offered them forty five , four hundred and fifty thousand pounds , I said I wanted three hundred thousand , cos I done a lot of repair , a lot of renovating , and I made the bar open and I made my money through selling drink and getting in entertainment . |
| 14 | I just wish now to say I declare the Exhibition open and to say how pleased I am to see so many old friends here today . |
| 15 | The Bolsheviks destroyed the unity of workers of different nationalities and laid the way open for national leaderships to capture ‘ their own ’ working class , when they should have defended the integrity of the former Russian empire ‘ tooth and nail ’ . |
| 16 | The tall woman strode to his desk and laid the folder open in front of him . |
| 17 | He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open . |
| 18 | Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so . |
| 19 | The achievement of democracy and civil rights will make the way open for linking of the economic demands to the national question . |
| 20 | He put his hand up her tunic — serve her right for having it so short — just as she got the door open and staggered screaming into her mother 's arms . |
| 21 | Lydia got the door open without answering . |
| 22 | Julius got the door open , and she followed him inside . |
| 23 | Schellenberg got the door open and Himmler added , ‘ One more thing . |
| 24 | but you want you do n't want the door open , because people can go there to the toilet |
| 25 | ‘ But when it does come you wo n't want the window open . ’ |
| 26 | It looks as if he tore out the entries for the last two months and burned those pages separately , then chucked the book open on the flames . |
| 27 | This impairs the efficiency of the braided shield and renders the cable open to interference . |
| 28 | The weight of his fangs hanging the mouth open , |
| 29 | ( Actually , it was a triple because he had also just won the Canadian Open a few days before . ) |
| 30 | Mark jerked the door open and turned to face the American eyes hardened with anger . |