Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the open [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes fell to the open fireplace , the large , gaping grate with its neat pile of sawn logs . |
| 2 | It was situated on a hill where the winds raced over the open ground and the sea below laved the shore with small , agitated waves . |
| 3 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
| 4 | The three-letter abbreviations for the 659 amino acids encoded in the open reading frame beginning at nucleotide position 133 are also shown . |
| 5 | Passengers went to the open doors and looked up and down the platform , trying to make out why they were stuck there , but no one looked up on to the roof of the car . |
| 6 | Arsenal and Blackburn , who also admire Earle , will watch any developments , while Liverpool were in touch with Wimbledon the minute the three players went on the open market . |
| 7 | Perkin in his overalls appeared in the open doorway , hovering . |
| 8 | Beyond her , there were more ranks of bared heads , this time facing the Collector ; their eyes , too , scanned him greedily , looking for fissures and further away still , two or three faces of sick or wounded men watched from the open windows of the hospital . |
| 9 | The cantor , the rabbi , the chosen laymen stood before the open Ark , cradling the Torah scrolls , which looked like stiff-necked royal children , and returned them one by one to their golden stall . |