Example sentences of "has [be] [vb pp] open " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I receive THE FACE , the envelope has been ripped open , apparently by avid customs officials convinced that ‘ dark grey plastic ’ rhymes with ‘ pornographic ’ ! |
| 2 | This animal has been ripped open and partly eaten ( by the Carrion ) . |
| 3 | The issue has been blown open by the case of the girl , 14 , who was forbidden by the Irish High Court to travel to England to seek an abortion . |
| 4 | Most are washed away by rainstorms or floods , but thousands have survived and become preserved in ossified rock , to reappear when the ground has been split open by paleontologists or the weather . |
| 5 | ‘ As for Neighbours there is always the possibility I could go back to it , the door has been left open for Charlene to reappear at any time . |
| 6 | In over 30% of domestic burglaries , the burglar simply walks in without using any force because a window or door has been left open . |
| 7 | But all too often , they do n't have to use force to get into a house because a door or window has been left open . |
| 8 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |
| 9 | The muted colours of Pavlos 's objects derives from the relation of the many cut edges to the printed colours of the paper , which are only visible where it has been spread open . |