Example sentences of "and [vb past] open a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst those who have fallen prey to their charms are none other than the Beaujolais Brothers , who whisked the merry troupe off to their chateau and cracked open a few bottles of ultra-rare white Beaujolais Nouveau . |
| 2 | Russell gulped another mouthful from his pint of beer and ripped open a bag of crisps . |
| 3 | Fen moved on abruptly and threw open a door . |
| 4 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 5 | The sack of Rome , when the brute and lascivious soldiery of the Emperor Charles V raped the women , robbed the churches , and broke open a long-dead Pope 's tomb to steal the ring from his finger , was only one of the invasions of this long-suffering land . |
| 6 | Such battalions had the additional valve that they made liaison practicable between the UDA and the law and order sensitive rural paramilitary organisations and kept open a bridge of respectability into UDA circles over which even pre-election politicians could come and go . |