Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] open the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fael-Inis spun the music fractionally quicker , and in that fraction of a moment Fergus stood up and moved to open the door . |
| 2 | Her opinion of her benefactor leapt up another few notches as she followed his messenger through to the tiny kitchen , where the porter dumped his box on the only available surface and bent to open the fridge . |
| 3 | When she reached her room and bent to open the door the key stubbornly refused to turn . |
| 4 | I stood up with knees that felt like buckling and tried to open the door into the dock ; and it was as immovable from outside as from in . |
| 5 | He turned and tried to open the door again , but it was impossible to do so . |
| 6 | The Robemaker inclined his head and turned to open the silver door again , holding out one robed hand to indicate that Caspar should precede him . |
| 7 | Barry , assistant manager at Perry 's brasserie in Beaumont Street , was forced to drive back to the bar in his own car and ordered to open the safe . |
| 8 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 9 | She ploughed on : ‘ He goes where the Cap'n goes , and th'ca n't expect him to on her apron , and went to open the door . |
| 10 | He shook his head in despair then got to his feet and went to open the door . |
| 11 | His wife turned without a word , and went to open the door ; and presently ushered in Detective Chief Inspector George Felse , mild , grey-haired and ordinary , a tired middle-aged man who would have been inconspicuous and among his peers almost anywhere he cared to materialise . |
| 12 | Slipping her feet into slender-heeled sandals , Lindsey reached for her evening purse and went to open the door . |
| 13 | She pushed her damp curls from her face , and went to open the french doors to let in what wind there was tonight . |
| 14 | If that 's all you 've come to say — ’ She stood up and went to open the door , but stopped when Dawn burst out , |
| 15 | He had lost his gate entry card and had to open the boot of the car to reveal his clubs as proof that he was a player . |
| 16 | The driver had seen the green flag and had opened the regulator to ease forward , yelling at Albert to come on . |
| 17 | He placed the book carefully to one side and continued to open the other parcels . |
| 18 | PC Yallop waded out and attempted to open the nearside door . |