Example sentences of "[coord] opened the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got up and opened the window even wider for more air . |
| 2 | Moving carefully , Benny stepped around the edges of the room , and opened the window shutters . |
| 3 | He climbed out of bed and opened the window . |
| 4 | She got up and opened the window . |
| 5 | During the night Ben suddenly woke up and remembering her , he hurriedly dressed and ran back to the wharf and opened the hatch . |
| 6 | And then he discomfited her utterly by keeping that silence until he had turned into the Hamiltons ' driveway , switched off the engine , and opened the boot to retrieve her luggage . |
| 7 | Cooper leaped out and opened the bonnet , to discover that a round had penetrated the cylinder block . |
| 8 | When she had finished , she wrapped her thick winter cloak around herself , picked up a basket of her bread and opened the cabin door . |
| 9 | Hothersall welcomed everyone and opened the Rally with the U.C.M. prayers for vocations . |
| 10 | The sarcasm seemed to relieve him a little and he took the black strop of leather from its nail and opened the razor . |
| 11 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 12 | Recently , they have developed their own retail shops and opened the factory to tourists through the David Evans Craft Centre of Silk . |
| 13 | Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable . |
| 14 | She was still dreaming of her lovely evening though when , showered , dried and back in her night attire , she left the bathroom and opened the sitting-room door , went in — and stopped dead . |
| 15 | Some , ‘ … wiser than the rest , lay their heads together and resolved in council to be before-hand ’ and went with picks and shovels and opened the land around the monument to a depth of six feet . |
| 16 | She closed her real eye , and opened the other . |
| 17 | Communist militias lifted the blockade of Dushanbe and opened the road between the capital and the Kurgan-Tyube region . |
| 18 | Defries finished checking the suit , and opened the airlock . |
| 19 | Mala sniffed , but I grinned and opened the airlock . |
| 20 | When he reached the house , he leant his bike against the fence and opened the gate . |
| 21 | Jed got out of the car and opened the gate . |
| 22 | Mr Rochester was sometimes able to read my thoughts , but this time he just smiled warmly at me , and opened the gate . |
| 23 | She smiled at him cheerily and opened the gate as he got out of his car . |
| 24 | I knew you were coming and so I went and opened the gate . |
| 25 | Li Shai Tung stared thoughtfully at Shepherd a moment , then set his glass down and opened the folder . |
| 26 | She put it to one side , and opened the folder of photographs . |
| 27 | I hurried out of the lift , along the corridor and opened the door to my office . |
| 28 | She unplugged the fridge and opened the door intending to let the fridge defrost . |
| 29 | The Brigade Major got up and opened the door . |
| 30 | He took a deep breath and opened the door . |