Example sentences of "[vb past] at the open " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carew glanced at the open ledger on the table . |
| 2 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 3 | Erm , two possibles have come er h have appeared , both of whom er w say they would er , one is is an Appalachian dance group , called Just for Kicks , who I saw at the open |
| 4 | Getting into the driving seat , she laughed at the open curiosity on Joanna 's face . |
| 5 | Flavia looked at the open doors . |
| 6 | Mrs. Hennessy looked at the open suitcase . |
| 7 | While she was away , Conway looked at the open book on her seat . |
| 8 | That someone reached the landing and appeared at the open door of the bedroom . |
| 9 | Tilda 's six-year-old legs , in wellingtons caked with mud , appeared at the open hatch . |
| 10 | Nervously Meredith gazed at the open water ahead and then back at Venice , the minarets and bell-towers , the tall palaces just a distant unfocused blur in the morning mist . |
| 11 | Blue raincoat pointed at the open door , then went back to the car . |
| 12 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 13 | Robyn stood at the open door and glared furiously as he got into his car and reversed away . |
| 14 | She stood at the open kitchen window with her early cup of tea clasped in both hands , listening to the swish of the falling water and watching it gather in tiny globules on the tips of the leaves of the apple tree like crystal drops on a chandelier before sliding with a slow , regular inevitability on to the grass . |
| 15 | Sophie flushed at the open admiration in his eyes . |
| 16 | The doctor sat at the open window of the hut , from which position , without ever moving , he examined the passengers . |
| 17 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |