Example sentences of "[verb] open the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurrying towards the square miles of deafening battering that had been provided to smash open the British Line for their benefit . |
| 2 | They went through the Shambles where the butchers , ankle-deep in blood and gore , slit open the swollen bellies of cows , pigs and sheep . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Pushing open the heavy door , she began to climb the stairs to the second floor , admiring the way in which the stained-glass windows on each hall-landing cast triangles of coloured light on to the worn stone steps . |
| 6 | Both men flipped open the thin leather wallets they carried . |
| 7 | Everything was a blank between their arrival and the moment in which she had thrust open the Little Vestry door . |
| 8 | His hard knuckles ripped open the soft flesh over Luke 's eye . |
| 9 | Push open the imposing wood door of the Brunello apartments and you enter a home from home of traditional Venetian style . |
| 10 | At the Model school burglars ransacked the music centre after forcing open the main door . |
| 11 | Pulling open the heavy door , she lifted the receiver and dialled the number of her office , then spoke quickly and earnestly with her boss . |
| 12 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 13 | The school caretaker , an eccentric Scotsman with a handlebar moustache , ill-advisedly took matters into his own hands by breaking open the offending bottle with a large brick . |
| 14 | They foregrounded the importance of women for national regeneration , thus forcing a connection between public and private and breaking open the separate spheres ideology . |
| 15 | ‘ By the way , I found this on piper 's Drive yesterday evening , ’ slamming open the back doors of the pickup . |
| 16 | Kicking open the living-room door , his mouth still firmly attached to hers , he sat in the armchair , her slim form cradled on his lap . |
| 17 | With his hands so painful , the effort of holding open the springy collar enough to slide it from round his neck made him sweat . |
| 18 | Flinging open the front door , she yelled to his retreating back , ‘ I am not arrogant ! |
| 19 | ‘ Guess what ! ’ cried Gedanken , flinging open the back door and bursting into Uncle Albert 's kitchen . |
| 20 | ‘ Danielle managed to prise open the French windows , and the mother and her sister 's children climbed out . |
| 21 | She tried the door again , then pulled open the top drawer in Shergold 's desk . |
| 22 | Once , in the winter of 1983 , the snow had drifted up to ten feet around the prison walls ; teams of prisoners working virtually round the clock had been unable to keep open the single road that linked Whitely with the outside world . |
| 23 | My job is to slice open the tough cocoa pods with a sharp knife , and scoop out the beans . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps we 're all wrong about Mons. Perhaps Napoleon is just swinging open the front doors and ignoring the back gate . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Wrigley , the head porter , fixed open the double-glass swing doors . |
| 26 | The Chelsea keeper produced three top-class stops before half-time as Boro threatened to break open the defensive grip Chelsea were looking to keep on the game . |
| 27 | In December 1988 Blyth 's newly formed British Steel Challenge made the first steps towards prising open the closed shop of big boat ocean racing . |
| 28 | Lucinda took cigarettes and a lighter from the depths of her khaki drill respirator bag , and flicking open the expensive-looking case , handed them round . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Still watching the retreating figure , she let her fingers drag papers from the six pigeon holes , pull open the small drawers to find more . |