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

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1 I looked guiltily out of the open door .
2 Adam saw the machine-gunner hanging out of the open door of the Jet Ranger .
3 He glanced out of the open door to the garden .
4 The plane bumped to a halt , the engine coughed and died , and two figures in leather flying helmets swung out of the open cockpit and came towards them arm in arm .
5 He paused again at the next landing and peered out of the open window into the back-court .
6 In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand .
7 She leaned out of the open window .
8 The happy voices , the beat of the band , had drifted out of the open window to the street , including the neighbourhood in the festivities .
9 It was unlit , but she could see the Czech girl leaning out of the open window , gazing over the lawn .
10 Half listening , half occupied with looking out of the open window at a flock of rooks riding in circles on the breeze , Melissa was vaguely aware of a succession of faint bumping noises in the distance , followed by returning footsteps .
11 ‘ Who knows , ’ she added , eyes out of the open window , unable to look at Rory for a moment , ‘ it could still come to that . ’
12 She deliberately relaxed her limbs , looking steadily out of the open window , inhaling deeply as she tried to pinpoint an elusive scent .
13 Miguel chased a chicken out of the open window , and went across to his wooden desk and makeshift filing cabinets .
14 The father then flung the contents of the hat out of the open carriage window .
15 ‘ Only yesterday the Trunchbull caught a boy called Julius Rottwinkle eating Liquorice Allsorts during the scripture lesson and she simply picked him up by one arm and flung him clear out of the open classroom window .
16 Ahead of him blue light shone out of the open hatchway .
17 I spent the brief stop at the small town of Kenora hanging out of the open doorway past George 's office , watching him , on the station side of the train , walk a good way up and down outside while he checked that all looked well .
18 Alexei stared out of the open end of the room , awed as always by the view .
19 Each man , John was to learn , would cut out up to half a ton of slate and load it onto a sledge which he would drag out of the open shaft and along a perilous track slotted narrowly into the fellside .
20 He stuck his arm out of the open side of the jeep and stamped a big boot on the brake .
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