Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the open " in BNC.

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1 The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert .
2 As they finally leave the city and head out for the open road , Billy the Kid says , ‘ We made it , did n't we ? ’
3 He paused again at the next landing and peered out of the open window into the back-court .
4 It was almost dark when the sheep squeezed through the narrow path between two houses and spilled out across the open village square .
5 She wanted to rush to the door and get out into the open air again before she suffocated .
6 Matilda turned away from him and walked out through the open front-door .
7 Then , tossing the towel to one side , she closed her eyes and collapsed on to the open sleeping-bag .
8 Edward stopped and looked out across the open sea .
9 He pulled off his mask and looked down into the open conning tower .
10 They cleared the thick , wooded hills of Oxford and went down into the open countryside .
11 Decked in tasselled yellow howdah cloths and ridden by straw-hatted Annamese mahouts perched straddle-legged behind their ears , a dozen elephants lumbered slowly across the flagstones and lined up before the open doors .
12 He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window .
13 He closed the door and leaned out through the open window as he started the engine , but his look was for Marc .
14 When we reached the farm the track ran out , so we had a word with the farmer , a friend of Brian 's , and set off over the open fields .
15 Generally the passengers camped and sat out in the open air .
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