Example sentences of "[verb] open the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went through the Shambles where the butchers , ankle-deep in blood and gore , slit open the swollen bellies of cows , pigs and sheep . |
| 2 | Sue Spiller , design director of Slix , feels this would blast open the creative possibilities : ‘ We could have swimsuits with long sleeves , polo-necks , even legs . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Father told me you 'd opened the new girls ’ school , so I simply had to come to meet the new schoolteacher . |
| 4 | They foregrounded the importance of women for national regeneration , thus forcing a connection between public and private and breaking open the separate spheres ideology . |
| 5 | ‘ By the way , I found this on piper 's Drive yesterday evening , ’ slamming open the back doors of the pickup . |
| 6 | ‘ Danielle managed to prise open the French windows , and the mother and her sister 's children climbed out . |
| 7 | She pushed her damp curls from her face , and went to open the french doors to let in what wind there was tonight . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps we 're all wrong about Mons. Perhaps Napoleon is just swinging open the front doors and ignoring the back gate . ’ |
| 9 | He placed the book carefully to one side and continued to open the other parcels . |
| 10 | There were no new notices on the wall-board criss-crossed with tape for messages , and Marion allowed Conroy to push open the big doors and go out into the cavernous darkness of the wings with their slats of scenery fencing the hollow stage , its set furniture dead beneath one working light . |
| 11 | Still watching the retreating figure , she let her fingers drag papers from the six pigeon holes , pull open the small drawers to find more . |
| 12 | St Peter had opened the pearly gates and St John Ogilvie had prodded home the penalty . |
| 13 | I had opened the louvred shutters and let in the real sun . |