Example sentences of "[verb] open the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just after 9 p.m. that a PC arrived from the railway station carrying a small brown envelope , which Morse accepted with delight , smiling radiantly at Lewis but saying nothing as he slit open the top and looked briefly inside . |
| 2 | She slit open the envelope , took out a single sheet of paper , and read , |
| 3 | She closed the bedroom door , drew open the curtains , folded back the shutters . |
| 4 | The man drew open the desk drawers . |
| 5 | He drew open the neck of the leather bag that lay beside him , and reached inside to withdraw with loving care that same psaltery he had once played in Donata 's bedchamber , polished sounding-board and stretched strings shining like new . |
| 6 | Edward jerked open the door , interposing himself so that they should not stare . |
| 7 | She jerked open the car door and got out . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 9 | Cut open the chillis and remove the seeds . |
| 10 | Cut open the top of the Potato and squeeze the potato to force up the flesh . |
| 11 | Ranulf knelt beside him , cut open the neck of the bag and shook out the contents into the small pool of lantern light . |
| 12 | I got home , cut open the fish and found the watch . |
| 13 | Returning to the living room he killed the light and the images of the previous night , drew the curtains , and threw open the windows and shutters . |
| 14 | Having spent years in prison under the old régime , years that had taken their toll and made him look well over seventy , he got up every morning now , threw open the windows of his apartment , and breathed in ‘ the good clean air of freedom ’ . |
| 15 | And then when it was all over , you threw open the windows and you vacuumed , and as likely as not while you were doing this you 'd find someone left asleep behind the sofa . |
| 16 | Brian Everthorpe threw open the door of Vic Wilcox 's office and motioned Robyn across the threshold with a flourish . |
| 17 | Irina , dressed in her petticoat , threw open the door of the bathroom . |
| 18 | Forgetting her own misery and embarrassment she threw open the door . |
| 19 | Meredith threw open the door to the living room . |
| 20 | Before he could respond , she threw open the door . |
| 21 | With a final warming glare , Vi wished him goodnight , then threw open the door and marched out , head high . |
| 22 | After a moment the woman threw open the door . |
| 23 | He threw open the door and came in . |
| 24 | Petion and Ace followed him , arriving just as he threw open the door of a spartan room with expensive mahogany flooring , and bumped straight into Dubois , who was backing towards them while scattering something on the floor . |
| 25 | Checking the magazine of the Luger she had tucked in her waistband , she threw open the door and leapt in , the gun aimed unwaveringly at Froebe . |
| 26 | But when he threw open the door to a room upstairs she saw a trouser-press and a black silk robe flung on a chair and knew it was his bedroom . |
| 27 | I leapt from my bed and threw open the door . |
| 28 | After dinner we went back to our hotel and threw open the shutters to cool the room . |
| 29 | She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes |
| 30 | Stephen took the stairs two at a time and threw open the bedroom door to see Tamar , sitting up in the big fourposter bed , nursing their son . |