Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] open the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again the soldiers scraped away the dirt and Corbett prised open the wooden lid . |
| 2 | Meredith pushed open the five-barred gate and refastened it carefully behind her . |
| 3 | Cornelius tore open the little package . |
| 4 | Yet when Stephen threw open the front door and led the way through the entrance hall into a lofty and elegant room , graced with pillars and dominated by an ornate white marble fireplace , even Jonadab was taken aback . |
| 5 | Forgetting Raffaella 's story , almost forgetting her headache and her cold , Julia pushed open the double doors to see the two men standing around the stove , glasses in their hands , laughing . |
| 6 | Gilbert pulled open the side-entrance door , stepped inside … and then recoiled . |
| 7 | Afterwards Jed tore open the cardboard box they 'd done it on . |
| 8 | Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter . |
| 9 | Benjamin threw open the top part of the stable door and grinned maliciously . |
| 10 | There was a bedroom to their left , at the front of the house , and Carson pushed open the opposite door and led the way through into the sitting-room , switching on the light as he went . |