Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] open " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalgliesh 's gloved hands slipped between the covers and flipped it open . |
| 2 | The farmers gathered then at the gates of the local authority offices and forced them open . |
| 3 | She closed the door ; she was going to close it completely , but she changed her mind and left it open a few inches . |
| 4 | Jim reached into her mouth and prised it open enough to pull the tongue forward . |
| 5 | When they disembarked at Algeciras , the Spanish customs officers searched the car and made them open their luggage . |
| 6 | Shaking off the nostalgia that threatened to overwhelm her , she went to the window and threw it open , startling a tiny robin that had been resting on the sill . |
| 7 | He walked to the small , single window and pushed it open , gazing up and outward into the night , at the friends he could never meet . |
| 8 | He crossed to the french window and pushed it open . |
| 9 | He picked up the file that lay on the desk and flipped it open . |
| 10 | I got my hand on his jaw and forced it open . |
| 11 | Storming over to the table , she snatched up her briefcase and flicked it open . |
| 12 | When Dyson was hidden beneath the bonnet again Bob tiptoed round to the boot and eased it open . |
| 13 | The driver picked up the wallet and flicked it open , his gaze going between its contents and the road . |
| 14 | Anyway , I came to this old cemetery and against one wall was this kind of beehive grave affair and someone had broken into one of the graves and pulled out this baby 's coffin and smashed it open . |
| 15 | Then she held her breath and ripped it open . |
| 16 | He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open . |
| 17 | And then , because there did not seem to be any reason to wait , they moved cautiously to the door at the far end of the wood-store and inched it open . |
| 18 | He switched the hall light off , stumbled to the front door and flung it open . |
| 19 | By way of reply , Connor walked across the room , drew back the bolts on the street door and flung it open . |
| 20 | Flicking back her head with a haughty toss of bright auburn curls , she walked to the door and flung it open . |
| 21 | She turned to the door and flung it open with one contemptuous move . |
| 22 | ‘ Then you can burn in hell for all I care ! ’ he burst out , and , turning on his heel , he marched to the door and flung it open . |
| 23 | Luke took two long-legged strides to the nearest bedroom door and kicked it open , the whip raised menacingly . |
| 24 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 25 | I ran over to my cupboard door and jerked it open . |
| 26 | She crossed to the door and threw it open . |
| 27 | He pushed through another battered-looking swing door and held it open for her . |
| 28 | Peter moved towards the door and held it open for her . |
| 29 | At the hotel Luke collected both keys from the night porter , and when they reached her room he unlocked the door and held it open for her , then closed it behind him . |
| 30 | He put out a hand for her key , unlocked the driver 's door and held it open while she settled into her seat . |