Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] open the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we 'll go round the back , cos I do n't know if he opened the front oh you have to move fast have n't ya to catch those three ? |
| 2 | Instantly Shamlou recognised the cry of anguish from Matchsticks , and he winced as he opened the doors to hear the soft thud of flesh against flesh . |
| 3 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 4 | Resisters argued that it opened the way for a return to prewar politics . |
| 5 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 6 | He did n't even speak as he opened the passenger door for her , but when they were both seated inside , he did n't start the engine , simply sat there instead , gazing out over the slightly sloping and now largely empty car park . |
| 7 | He turned and headed back to the Montego , pausing as he opened the door . |
| 8 | " Why not ? " he added as he opened the door between the two staircases , " Put lots of water in it . " |
| 9 | The thought lingered as he opened the folder and started to read its contents . |
| 10 | Each of the 30 stories in the book bears a relation , sometimes strong sometimes tenuous , to a place on the schematized map with which the reader is presented when he/she opens the volume . |
| 11 | The plane stopped and someone opened the door . |
| 12 | Well what 's she frightened of like , I mean if she opened the door this |
| 13 | The Association of British Insurers says both versions cost the same to repair and look the same to potential thieves : ‘ With no difference in badging , you do n't know what you 've got until you open the bonnet . ’ |
| 14 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 15 | He reckons when they open the gates , the basin will be full of 'em . ’ |
| 16 | What chance has your soufflé got when you open the oven door ? |
| 17 | His regrets about not meeting Tyson might evaporate if they opened the gates of the Indiana youth centre tomorrow , especially as Holyfield seemed made for an opponent who is currently America 's most famous jailbird . |
| 18 | I think France could be badly affected if we open the scoring . ’ |
| 19 | On May 23 the head of the Soviet delegation at the Disarmament Conference welcomed Bush 's offer , saying that it opened the way for the Conference to reach agreement on a comprehensive chemical weapons ban before 1992 . |
| 20 | As they were milling about in front of the camera , Rosie said to her husband , ‘ Just think — at breakfast-time you were saying when we opened the shop , we probably would n't have any customers at all , and here they are , queueing up to have their pictures taken . ’ |
| 21 | Wes followed me and watched as I opened the boot and laid Duke gently on top of my black working coat . |
| 22 | The guard never even knew that he opened the door and locked himself in once the Doctor had gone . |
| 23 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 24 | The bar was still full of happy drinkers , but none saw what Tom saw as he opened the door into Witchball Street . |
| 25 | The juniper in No 26 next door was looking as tired as she felt as she opened the gate . |
| 26 | It was a lot like hitting a room where there might be terrorists waiting in ambush , he thought as he opened the door . |
| 27 | I cringed as I opened the fridge door , I hated opening the fridge door . |
| 28 | Yes , she said that she opened the door of the cab , to enable the porter to place her luggage within , before entering herself . |
| 29 | I thought you I thought you said if you opened the window . |
| 30 | ‘ My ! my ! ’ she said as she opened the door , ‘ No expense spared . |