Example sentences of "[adv prt] an open " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light travels down an open tube until it hits a curved mirror at the bottom ; the rays are then sent back up the tube on to a smaller , flat mirror placed at an angle of 45 degrees , so that the rays are directed into the side of the tube , where an image is formed and magnified by an eyepiece . |
| 2 | Marguerite Trompeau , who owns La Fontaine just outside Vichy , supplied the welcoming lunch of tripe , Charolais beef grilled over an open fire , cheese and a dessert . |
| 3 | Never stand over an open fire as Victorian fathers used to do . |
| 4 | Many of the roads have lay-bys with picnic tables and bench-seats , and many places are supplied with wood and simple cooking stoves for barbecuing sardines and espetada ( chunks of meat on a skewer cooked over an open fire of laurel twigs ) . |
| 5 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 6 | For reasons best known to himself Halzman , the senior sonar operator , preferred not to discuss it over an open line . |
| 7 | There 's lots of fun to be had at camp — everything from cooking over an open fire to building gadgets out of sticks and string and singing round the camp fire . |
| 8 | In 1764 Angelica Kauffman met the German art lover Joachim Winkelmann , She painted his portrait , showing him casually dressed , holding a quill , seated over an open writing book . |
| 9 | Remember to put something at the bottom of the downpipe if it discharges over an open gully in order to catch whatever is blocking it , or else you might block the gully or the drains further along . |
| 10 | John Tompkins is wishing to set up an open canoe group for advanced paddlers . |
| 11 | Do not try to draw up an open fire with a sheet of newspaper . |
| 12 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 13 | He held up an open hand in salute . |
| 14 | She caught the drift of his thinking , switched on an open smile as if to compliment him on his loyalty , and said : ‘ I think you 'll find Hilda 's part in my husband 's life put perfectly fairly when Mr Kronweiser 's book comes out . ’ |
| 15 | Always put out an open fire before going to bed . |
| 16 | In conjunction with the organiser , D&B carried out an open systems and NT survey at last week 's UniForum Unix trade show in San Francisco . |