Example sentences of "opened [pos pn] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes to the sun riding high over Fair Hill . |
| 2 | I opened my eyes to the sound of yet more crashing of dustbin lids , gales of laughter and the occasional scream coming from behind the bushes . |
| 3 | As so often occurs in these situations , I had become blind to the obvious — that is , until my pondering over the implications of Miss Kenton 's letter finally opened my eyes to the simple truth : that these small errors of recent months have derived from nothing more sinister than a faulty staff plan . |
| 4 | Yes , it opened my eyes to the plight of socialists and Labour Party members in England and to the fact that not all the English voted Tory , particularly in the north . |
| 5 | Eastern Germany and Poland opened their economies to the outside world all at once — eastern Germany on July 1st 1990 , the day of its monetary union with western Germany ; Poland on January 1st 1990 , the day of its ‘ Big Bang ’ of economic reforms . |
| 6 | Surely even the most stalwart art lover must have trembled just a little when , earlier this summer , in conjunction with the four exhibitions organised by the Whitechapel Gallery ( featuring 200-odd works ) and over 900 artists — 58 groups in 53 locations — opened their studios to the public . |
| 7 | He and Jane have exhibited together twice before : as part of Cleveland Visual Arts Festival at Kirkleatham Museum in October , 1989 , and on home ground when they opened their studios to the public last October as part of Cleveland Arts Festival . |
| 8 | A TOTAL of £590 was raised for the Welshpool Friends of Hope House when the town 's Dingle Nurseries opened their grounds to the public . |
| 9 | The still-rarefied atmosphere received a heavy blast of different air as the school opened its gates to the bulging generation of girls born just after the war and a working class bound for higher educational achievements than it had ever had within its reach . |
| 10 | Britain 's best known dogs home opened its doors to the public yesterday after a four-day break . |
| 11 | And when , in 1983 , The Guggenheim Museum opened its doors to the ‘ return of painting ’ with an exhibition devoted to Transavanguardia , works by the ‘ 3Cs ’ ( Chia , Cucchi and Clemente ) , were snapped up at prices in excess of $50,000 . |
| 12 | On 7 December 1967 the Apple Boutique at London 's 94 Baker Street opened its doors to the world , selling all the bright colours and bamboozling gaudiness of that most extraordinary period in the history of fashion . |
| 13 | THE Ulster Cancer Foundation 's annual art exhibition and sale opened its doors to the public yesterday . |
| 14 | In Bournemouth , Mummies Day this year was at Easter , for that 's when a breathtaking new exhibition on the Royal Mummies of Ancient Egypt , opened its doors to the public . |
| 15 | Hoddesdon depot opened its doors to the St John Ambulance in March when they offered their conference room for a training course as part of the organisation 's ‘ Breath of Life Week ’ . |
| 16 | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl broke off his visit to Poland on Friday and flew home to deal with a dramatic political situation after East Germany opened its borders to the West . |
| 17 | She opened her eyes to the darkness , a darkness too often populated before sleep by those familiar , reproachful , childish faces , brown , black and white , bending over her , asking why she had deserted them when they loved her and thought that she had loved them . |
| 18 | Over the coming months , Leo opened her eyes to the other Manhattan , to another America . |
| 19 | Watching her , staring into her eyes , he opened his furs to the breast and cut four lines with the wood , marking himself . |
| 20 | It was Strongheart 's manifest mental activity which opened his eyes to the mental process present in all living creatures . |
| 21 | Daughter of the Queen Igrayne and half-sister to King Arthur , she revealed to him the intrigue between Lancelot and Guinevere by giving him a magic draught which opened his eyes to the perfidy . |
| 22 | However , his voyages as supercargo on ships in the ‘ country trade ’ between India and China opened his eyes to the opportunities in Singapore and Canton . |
| 23 | He opened his eyes to the quiet darkness , the moonlight , the breeze from the window that his helper had opened . |
| 24 | We opened our doors to the general public for the first time on Saturday 18th July 1992 . |