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• His shirt was open to the waist revealing a very hairy chest.
• We could hear him cursing and swearing as he tried to get the door open.
• My jaw dropped open when she told me how old she was.
• I keep the bedroom door open in case the children call for me in the night.
• The thieves broke the safe open and stole the diamonds.

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• The museum is open daily except Monday(s).
• The Royal Apartments are open to the public.
• The hotel bar is open to non-residents.
• The west wing of the house is still lived in by Lord and Lady Carlton, while the rest of the house is open to the public.
• As both a teacher and parent, she had a vested interest in seeing the school remain open.

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• The road goes through several miles of open countryside.
• The open road stretched out in front of us.
• The house was surrounded by open fields.
• The fishing boat made its way out of the harbour and into the open sea.
• The soldiers were marching across open country.

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• The company's accounts are open to scrutiny.
• The current system is open to abuse.
• He laid himself open to ridicule.
• The success of the project is open to question.
• The publisher is open to book proposals from new authors.

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• I like her open and direct manner.
• The deal was completely open and above board.
• Despite a commitment to more open government, the public are still being kept in the dark about the inner machinations of the Cabinet.
• They showed open contempt for their new neighbours.
• The minister hasn't been entirely open about his business interests.

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• The Chairperson opened the proceedings with a short speech.
• I've opened an account with a building society.
• The show will open with a firework display.
• The album opens with his most famous song.
• Let's open with a reminder of what we did last week.

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• I can't open my bag - the zip has stuck.
• I just opened the drawer as usual and the handle came away in my hand.
• The customs officials made us go through the whole rigmarole of opening up our bags for inspection.
• We must open the channels of communication between the two countries.
• The door opens outwards.

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• The box office opens at ten.
• The Queen will open the new visitors' centre.
• The opening of the superstore will sound the death knell for hundreds of small independent shops.
• The factory opened last November.
• The corner shop opens at five o'clock in the morning.

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• The market has been opened up to private investors.
• By denying responsibility for the matter, the minister has opened himself up to criticism.
• Deregulation has opened the rail industry to competition.
• The chairman opened up the meeting to questions from the audience.
• Organizers have been urged to open the race up to international runners.