Example sentences of "he opened the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened the file . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said Rodney as he opened the car door . |
| 3 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 4 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |
| 5 | BARRISTERS could retain much of their monopoly over advocacy in the higher courts under a subtle agenda for discussion spelled out by Lord Donaldson , the Master of the Rolls , as he opened the Bar 's annual conference in London at the weekend . |
| 6 | He introduces Charlie to ‘ Mortimer Collins 's ‘ Transmigration ’ , and gave him a sketch of the plot before he opened the pages . ’ |
| 7 | When the doctor had gone , he opened the top drawer of his desk and took from it the contents of Charlie Hatton 's pockets . |
| 8 | He opened the back door and eyed the sagging clothesline from which the three garments Cullam had named hung between a row of napkins . |
| 9 | He was quite disarmed and , advancing upon the machine , he opened the gleaming porthole . |
| 10 | He opened the window and a light fresh breeze clutched at the curtains . |
| 11 | He opened the familiar door , giving the aluminium plate a rub with his sleeve , but in the tiny vestibule he paused . |
| 12 | He opened the door and looked in . |
| 13 | He opened the door and waited . |
| 14 | He opened the file and considered it , unhurriedly and unselfconsciously , and McLeish had a sudden vision of an older Mr Hutton in a tail-coat and wing collar behind this modern façade . |
| 15 | He opened the car door for her , hugged her as she got out , and they went up to her flat , his arm round her shoulders . |
| 16 | Instead he opened the bowling with Garner and soon had a wicket . |
| 17 | For some eight years he opened the innings for Hampshire with the great Barry Richards , a daunting prospect for many a young bowler hoping to establish himself — and many an older one who already had . |
| 18 | He opened the drawer that had the pheasant 's egg in . |
| 19 | He opened the note-book and filled in the date . |
| 20 | He opened the other drawer but he knew he had n't put them in there . |
| 21 | He opened the door and Caspar rushed out . |
| 22 | He opened the door , switching off the torch and closing the door behind him . |
| 23 | He opened the window , letting in the cold wind . |
| 24 | He opened the door and turned toward the American . |
| 25 | He opened the door which led to the secretary 's annex . |
| 26 | When he opened the door , he was grinning with surprise and delight . |
| 27 | Nothing , however , flew , and yet when he opened the closed hand , it was empty . |
| 28 | The smell , when he opened the front door , took him back half a century . |
| 29 | Now , if she thought he 'd remembered that … he opened the card . |
| 30 | He opened the box file . |