Example sentences of "open [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , opening my studio to the public makes sense in other ways too . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 6 | She longed to turn it , to open her palm to the completeness of his touch , but her feelings warred within her again . |
| 7 | Pascoe expected to open his door to the present , and found , instead , a face from the past . |
| 8 | Marquess of Bath : June 30 , aged 87 : First stately home owner to open his house to the public — Longleat in 1949 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Keen Hunter should be able to open his account before the turf Flat season ends on Monday . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It 's unlikely that this play will close the generation gap or produce many converts , but then if you 're that eager to open your mind to the joys of clubbing , going to the theatre is hardly the place to be . |
| 13 | Outside , it 's still raining , and as we gallantly struggle to open our umbrella in the wind , we suddenly find we 've come to a halt beside a large black car , and a man in a smart suit is opening the door for us to get in . |
| 14 | I had opened my window in the night . |
| 15 | Holland opened their defence of the under-18 and under-16 cups in impressive style , their skilful play producing 6–0 and 7–0 victories over Scotland and Belgium , while Germany were also in good form , winning 3–0 and 6–0 against France and Spain respectively . |
| 16 | MALONE opened their defence of the First Trust Senior Cup with an easy victory over North at Ormeau yesterday . |
| 17 | Price and Hall then worked their double act for Tynemouth again and opened their account with the latter chipping over onrushing goalkeeper Lee . |
| 18 | Those expatriate Conservative voters in Singapore must have choked on their gin slings last week when they opened their copy of the Straits Times . |
| 19 | England 's under-16 side opened their section at the same venue with an impressive 8–0 victory over Scotland after scoring six goals before the interval . |
| 20 | It 's a far cry from Lille , World Cup excitement , the All Blacks and a crowd of well over 30,000 to an open field on the University of Victoria campus where BRITISH COLUMBIA opened its defence of the Canadian Senior Provincial Championship , on November 9 and 10 . |
| 21 | The one bird in the control treatment that opened its container in the training session did not drink the milk . |
| 22 | He smiled across at her , and as she opened her book at the Prologue , she smiled quite sweetly back at him . |
| 23 | Al Shaati , head second on her reappearance at Carlisle , should improve for the run and open her account in the Polygon Quality Management Maiden . |
| 24 | Al Shaati , head second on her reappearance at Carlisle , should improve for the run and open her account in the Polygon Quality Management Maiden . |
| 25 | Esther Ward had more reason to be ashamed than her vulnerable sister Elizabeth , for she had taken advantage of the forbidden love which had grown between Elizabeth and Richard , and she had never once opened her heart to the innocent girl-child who was born out of that love . |
| 26 | However , it was his decision to marry the daughter of one of his father 's political rivals , and a defeated one at that , which brought into the open his unreliability from the clan 's point of view . |
| 27 | In 1756 he had opened his poem On the Goodness of the Supreme Being with an invocation to Orpheus ( the Gentiles ' David ) which beseeches him for inspiration for his great religious theme : |
| 28 | The soldier howled in agony and staggered back , dropping his own weapon to clutch at the gaping cut that had opened his arm to the bone . |
| 29 | I saw that the wing commander engineering , who also was a pilot ( but in those days they did an engineering course as we had no Engineering Officers , at least I do not remember any ) opened his window in the office and climbed out . |
| 30 | He opened his campaign in the United States in 1909 , addressing meetings of seamen in New York , Philadelphia , New Orleans and along the Great Lakes . |