Example sentences of "open and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor punched this open and looked at the little blue face inside . |
| 2 | Before that , I recognised the building under the trees , de luxe bedroom suites now , but still the same structure , on the left-hand side of the drive , just before the sweep around to the hotel steps : ‘ The stables which formed part of the rectangle of low buildings out of which that archway to the henyard led , had long been disused but somebody swept them now and then , dusted the curved metal hay racks , wiped manger and woodwork and shone the brass tethering rings so brightly than whenever we pushed a door open and looked into the dusky twilight we were welcomed by a small round gleam of light . ’ |
| 3 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 4 | Why , even the little perspex boxes , snapping open and shut with the chic click of a silver cigarette case , have been designed for maximum tactile jouissance . |
| 5 | Barnett threw the door open and strode into the street . |
| 6 | Then my father must have answered the buzzer in the house , because Diggs stooped slightly and talked into the grille beside the button , and then pushed the gate open and walked over the bridge , on to the island and down the path towards the house . |
| 7 | She crawled back to the door and got to her feet , taking a deep steadying breath as she reached for the handle , grimacing slightly as she eased it open and stepped through the doorway , sending up a silent prayer that no creaking floorboard would announce her presence prematurely . |
| 8 | ‘ But I do n't want to stay ! ’ she cried , and , turning , she ran for the door , flinging it open and running through the arch of the long porch into the still sunny day . |
| 9 | This small working is another of these old mines which was dug open and entered by the writer years ago . |
| 10 | Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come . |
| 11 | She rapped on his door , swung it open and stood in the doorway , not trusting either of them if it was shut . |
| 12 | He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 . |
| 13 | For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling . |
| 14 | In 1987 Torrance won the Lancia Italian Open and qualified for the Ryder Cup team for a fourth successive time , but on his own admission his problems on the greens were becoming worse . |
| 15 | He flung it open and shouted in the direction of the offending instrument . |
| 16 | Cooper won the 1988 Madrid Open and finished in the top 20 on the money-list the following year . |
| 17 | Everything which had been kept hygienically wrapped was ripped open and thrown into the tray . |
| 18 | You could take home just a few to cut open and look for the young larva or larvae , as in some types of gall there is always more than one larva , each in its own separate section . |
| 19 | He kicked it open and dived into the small kitchen , rolling to the safety of the old , battered fridge . |