Example sentences of "[vb past] open a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened the connecting door to the garage and stepped quickly into the darkness , feeling his way around the car and to the sliding door , which he moved open a few inches , allowing himself to slip out into the night . |
| 2 | As the sun rose higher in the cloudless sky and the sea below took on an almost Mediterranean hue , Bert and Bella Rafferty and Celia and Brian Markham cracked open a bottle of champagne . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They cracked open a bottle of wine , and by the end of the night she was feeling very pleasantly mellow and totally convinced that the world was a supremely beautiful place . |
| 5 | The zip gaped open an inch at his waist , which was cinched in far too tightly by a fake crocodile belt . |
| 6 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 7 | Walking along the top landing , he flung open a door at the end , and stood back for her to enter . |
| 8 | The door creaked open a couple of inches . |
| 9 | Then the door creaked open an inch or two . |
| 10 | He threw open a bedroom window at his farmhouse in Dummer , Hants , and yelled to waiting newsmen : ‘ You are wasting your time . |
| 11 | They walked round the loggia to the other side of the house where Alexei threw open a door on a spacious reception room . |
| 12 | Ace threw open a door and she collapsed behind it , just having the nerve to click the bolt before events overtook her . |
| 13 | Fen moved on abruptly and threw open a door . |
| 14 | Just when his eyes were adjusting to the gloom , the novice ahead of him threw open a door , and Gabriel emerged into pale but blinding sunlight flaring in low through the window of the gallery . |
| 15 | Russell gulped another mouthful from his pint of beer and ripped open a bag of crisps . |
| 16 | The gaunt woman lifted a counter flap , swung open a section beneath it and hurled the Campbell across the concourse . |
| 17 | The barmaid swung open a door and switched on the light . |
| 18 | Fearing to open it , she nevertheless forced herself across the room , but when it swung open a maid in a black dress and smart white apron stood before her . |
| 19 | The broken door hung open a few inches . |
| 20 | She thrust open a door to a small sitting room . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Doctor broke open a water pouch . |
| 23 | Bill Sikes broke open a small window at the back of the house , then shone his light into Oliver 's face . |
| 24 | His colleagues broke open a champagne bottle inside the City Hall to celebrate . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She pulled open a drawer to drop the note in . |
| 27 | He pulled open a drawer in which a dozen antique krises were displayed . |
| 28 | A stocky , red-faced fellow with hairy warts round his mouth grinned a gap-toothed smile , pulled open a shutter and let fly with a huge arbalest . |
| 29 | He pulled open a door and took out a decanter and a balloon snifter . |
| 30 | He kept open a line to North , but made sure that he appeared to have no truck with whatever he was doing . |