Example sentences of "[vb past] open the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crouched down and jerked open the two doors , fully expecting the cupboard to have been converted into a homely little rat lair . |
| 2 | Leaping from the cabs , Rocky and his fellow trucker ran to the back of their rigs and threw open the rear doors . |
| 3 | He went back into the drawing room where he unbolted , unlocked and threw open the french windows . |
| 4 | Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace . |
| 5 | She climbed up the ladder , the rungs cold under her bare feet , pushed open the unbolted doors and stepped out into the cockpit . |
| 6 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |
| 7 | And as she pushed open the forest-green doors of Woodline Design she realised with surprise that she had n't given a thought to Max for some considerable time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All three of us nodded in unison and we stood in line as he pushed open the double doors for us . |