Example sentences of "open [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , opening my studio to the public makes sense in other ways too . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ I sighed , opening my eyes as a series of splashes announced another chaotic event on the spillway . |
| 3 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
| 4 | She was not grief-stricken the way she had been when her father died , but sorrow was a weight which kept her from opening her eyes on a world where she would sorely miss his company . |
| 5 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 6 | Farmers , generally speaking , like to grow crops and look after livestock rather than sell — and they prefer privacy ; but if they are to make a success of opening their farm to the public they need to be professional about it . |
| 7 | The return to rock means the supercession of demystification by re-mystification , giving people back their sense of worship , rather than forcibly opening their eyes to the nuts and bolts of how ‘ myth ’ is constructed . |
| 8 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 9 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 10 | Essex Rivers Healthcare health promotion unit will be opening its doors on the day and will welcome smokers wanting advice on how to give up the habit . |
| 11 | The dandelion is equally dependable , opening its flowers in the morning and closing them in late afternoon . |
| 12 | Having risen from Ukrainian coal mines through the party ranks as a tough and brutal Stalinist , once he achieved personal power he wasted no time in opening his mind to the ways of the rest of the world . |
| 13 | An enterprising sheep farmer is opening his gates to the public during the lambing season . |
| 14 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 15 | She would explain the nature of her interest , so awakening in him a wish to know more about what goes on outside Masailand and also opening his eyes to the fact that the white folk see the Masai as childlike . |
| 16 | As I was about to open my mouth like a fish , the outer door swung open and in bounced two hounds , followed by a slender young man shaking raindrops from his head . |
| 17 | If the bonnie banks of Scotland were to open their accounts to the world , there would be a run on the pound and some of the country 's most famous clubs would collapse with embarrassment . |
| 18 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 19 | Both are trying to open their economies to the West . |
| 20 | Attempts by both India and China to open their economies in the 1980s have resulted in a tug-of-war between their economic liberals and economic conservatives , which shows every sign of ending either in stalemate or in a victory for the conservatives . |
| 21 | It is notable that , on the final French campaign of 1449–50 , carefully and confidently organised by the king , and carried out by a much-reformed army , the majority of fortified places did not resist , preferring to open their gates to the side which not only controlled more firepower but claimed with greater vigour to represent legitimate and effective rule . |
| 22 | She longed to turn it , to open her palm to the completeness of his touch , but her feelings warred within her again . |
| 23 | The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage . |
| 24 | WHAT a delightful coup by the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , to open its doors to the Maryinsky Theatre , St Petersburg , in a Royal gala celebrating the Russians ' renaming both the theatre and its city with their original title . |
| 25 | On Sept. 30 , China had announced proposed measures to open its markets over a period of six months in response to US demands in August , but these had been rejected by Hills as " unsatisfactory " . |
| 26 | Pascoe expected to open his door to the present , and found , instead , a face from the past . |
| 27 | Marquess of Bath : June 30 , aged 87 : First stately home owner to open his house to the public — Longleat in 1949 . |
| 28 | QUICK OPINION * , who failed by the narrowest margin to open his account at the fifth attempt when a short-priced favourite at Nottingham , may make amends in the Fairview New Homes Novice Chase ( 2.30 ) at Ascot , writes Course Correspondent . |
| 29 | Keen Hunter should be able to open his account before the turf Flat season ends on Monday . |
| 30 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |