Example sentences of "[verb] open " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds and the sky revealed was as blue as those dead eyes . |
| 2 | Hurrying towards the square miles of deafening battering that had been provided to smash open the British Line for their benefit . |
| 3 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 4 | Both Griffon and Lappet-faced Vultures are strong , heavy-billed birds , capable of tearing open the hides of dead animals with ease . |
| 5 | tearing open the clouds |
| 6 | Someone else had been here before him , tearing open the bags of perishables in search of anything worthy of rescue . |
| 7 | ‘ Come and join me , ’ he suggested , tearing open a pack of sugar . |
| 8 | Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke . |
| 9 | This ‘ Doyler ’ fellow talks about the break-up of his marriage as though we 're expected to feel sorry for him , rather than cracking open a jerobaum of Bollinger , and saying ‘ you did the right thing there , my man . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , meeting all the crowd , cracking open another bottle of sparkling Saumur . |
| 11 | Well , I for one am cracking open the Pomagne tonight ! |
| 12 | He 'll no doubt be cracking open a few bottles of his now famous brew to celebrate his achievement . |
| 13 | Well camouflaged stick insects , whose concealment has for once failed to work and who are about to be snapped at by a hungry predator , will suddenly flick open their brightly coloured wings in a dramatically unexpected display that may shock the enemy into retreat . |
| 14 | In nearby Sumatra , the Batak men went as far as deliberately slicing open their penises and inserting pieces of stone , which became firmly embedded as the wound closed over . |
| 15 | But this was dear old Mr Rabinowitz himself , spruced up , a new suit , who told in a quavering voice how this perfect stranger had come to his aid after the Blackshirts had smashed open his tailor 's shop . |
| 16 | A minute later he had wrenched open the door and was standing on the terrace . |
| 17 | The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope . |
| 18 | They stood among the hogsheads , their wide aprons marked by entrails , their blood-reddened hands dexterously wielding sharp little knives as they slit open the silver bellies and tossed aside the innards — while all the time they chattered endlessly , matching their skill in removing entrails with a similar expertise at gutting other people 's private lives . |
| 19 | The sailors , expecting a large fish or perhaps a shark , slit open the paunch and discovered James Bartley : unconscious , his face , neck and hands bleached white by the gastric fluids , but still alive . |
| 20 | They went through the Shambles where the butchers , ankle-deep in blood and gore , slit open the swollen bellies of cows , pigs and sheep . |
| 21 | Keeping open the division like this is stupid . ’ |
| 22 | In fact the mode of behaviour required has little to do with performing other than keeping open the normal communication channels between people as players do in a game . |
| 23 | Although they do lie outside the mainstream — indeed , because they lie outside it — authors such as B. S. Johnson have at the very least an important exemplary function , keeping open a wide spectrum of possibility , even for authors who may not always wish to go so far in such radical directions themselves . |
| 24 | in the face of uncertain demand at home , and no markets abroad there can be no justification for keeping open the 10% of pits which ( according to the Monopolies Commission Report of June 1983 ) were responsible for £300 million of the NCB deficit . |
| 25 | In keeping open the lines with the past , the redeemed memory carries encouragement and conveys warnings and lessons to faith as faith is engaged in fighting at that front line of the battle which is the present moment . |
| 26 | Three non-government organisations also stayed throughout : Médecins Sans Frontières in Medina , the International Medical Corps ( based in the United States ) in Digfar , and SOS Children , keeping open its obstetric unit . |
| 27 | Or will a new generation of qualified women , some of whom are still keeping open their options , decide that the economic penalties of motherhood outweigh its attractions ? |
| 28 | It was decided to adopt it as the standard background , keeping open the possibility of using pieces of velvet in special cases . |
| 29 | When , on 24 May , in a speech before the House of Commons , Churchill acknowledged the Allies ' debt to Spain for keeping open the Straits of Gibraltar , Franco naturally interpreted this as endorsement of his regime and , therefore , another international victory . |
| 30 | The Botswana government is keeping open its options to dredge the area in the future , if it feels that this is necessary . |