Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the open " in BNC.

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1 THE ELBOW was propped on a window sill as a woman stuck her head out through the open casement .
2 Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air .
3 The busy sputter of a Vespa came rocking round the bulk of the house , and the young man of the custodian 's box put his head in at the open door , gave Charlotte a brief , blank glance , and asked briskly : ‘ Where is he ? ’
4 He stuck his arm out of the open side of the jeep and stamped a big boot on the brake .
5 I had nothing particular planned , merely an idea that it might be interesting to thrash our way out into the open ocean , though , mindful of the danger of tropical storms , I had no intention of going too far from the safe shelter of a Bahamian hurricane hole .
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