Example sentences of "[pers pn] open the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 2 | Then I opened the door of my room . |
| 3 | As I opened the door of her room , I saw her sitting close to the fire . |
| 4 | I opened the door of the nearest one , but gingerly in case there was a puma or something the RSPCA had forgotten . |
| 5 | ‘ I opened the door of my personal assistant 's office and then the safe , ’ said Coun Wood . |
| 6 | However , there was no reply , so I opened the door with the key and we entered . |
| 7 | I opened the door at the top of the steps and went in . |
| 8 | I opened the door for her . |
| 9 | I opened the door for Patterson and then locked the cab up after he 'd stepped gingerly on to the pavement . |
| 10 | Now I opened the door to a white-haired lady carrying a portable tape recorder , a small box of tapes and a book . |
| 11 | This was the day before I opened the door to the three men . |
| 12 | I opened the door to them . |
| 13 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 14 | I opened the door by mistake ; I 'm looking for the bathroom , my clothes … ’ |
| 15 | I opened the door in the dark- and touched somebody 's hand . |
| 16 | She was on foot going the other way , so I opened the gate for her . |
| 17 | I opened The Beauties of Nature . |
| 18 | I opened the letters from Giulia . |
| 19 | Whatever the grade , Route I opened the way for all that was to follow . |
| 20 | I opened the window for a moment , then closed it . |
| 21 | I opened the box of matches Yvonne had given me , but you could n't have told whether there were a couple of them missing or not . |
| 22 | Well I did n't work , I opened the house for them and they looked after themselves . |
| 23 | I do n't know what you said to The Times man , but when I opened the paper in bed ( at mea mos est ) wondering whether my letter would find a place at all-well I dived under the bed clothes and went pink all over-as pink as you ! |
| 24 | I opened the conference to the press and the large room was packed . |
| 25 | I hear his step ; I open the door into the hotel corridor . |
| 26 | I open the door to the little cloakroom in the corner , undecided about which form of relief to try , and hesitate between the brownish lavatory and the greenish tap . |
| 27 | So I open the door to wherever she is , and there she sits with some leather-bound quarto volume of local archives open in front of her , writing about the way I lace my shoes . |
| 28 | So , even here in Algiers , on this autumn morning , I open the shutters with trepidation and find — an allotment sky , a sky catarrhed with cloud . |
| 29 | I open the book at random . |
| 30 | I 'm always disappointed if there is n't a painting of his to look at when I open the magazine at his technical page ! |