Example sentences of "open and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard the hatch hiss open and looked back at Chang Shih-sen . |
| 2 | I snatched his sliding door open and went back into the arctic cold where I punched the button to summon the lift . |
| 3 | It flung open and slammed back against the wall . |
| 4 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 5 | People laughing and cheering and waving flags , riding on any available vehicle , twenty people draped over a taxi , bus bonnets crowded with people and thousands of happy pedestrians — every window open and crowded out with waving enthusiasts — and I saw no tears , no inkling of what was to come all over again . |
| 6 | As the traffic slowed , he had thrust the door open and rolled on to the tarmac between the lines of cars . |
| 7 | Tiptoeing , she eased the door open and passed out of their bedroom into the kitchen . |
| 8 | She swung the door open and stepped out into the cold air . |
| 9 | He plunged towards the door , and before Cassie could stop him , had wrenched it open and stormed out into the hall , crashing the door shut behind him . |
| 10 | When the camouflage of this praying mantis fails and a killer is closing in , the insect adopts the last-ditch defence strategy of flashing its wings open and rearing up with its front legs spread . |
| 11 | Way was forced to quit the Swiss Open and missed out on a chance to claw his way back into the Ryder Cup reckoning . |
| 12 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 13 | She pushed the gate further open and peered round in the twilight . |