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pushed and open
Chairs scraped back and customers hastily vacated their tables as the tall young buffalo hunter pushed open the swing doors and walked towards the bar.
Hoag pushed open the door: at the far end of the long dark room Muller was faintly silhouetted against the window, the rifle still raised ; ;
He stopped in front of a door, placed a finger on his lips, and, still peering down into his beard, pushed open the door to a classroom.
In commercial and retail situations manufacturers have included in the design a mechanism that allows an inward opening door to be pushed open outwards in the event of an emergency ( which is often a regulatory requirement ).
The simplest, and very ancient, valve is simply a freely hinged flap which drops to obstruct fluid ( gas or liquid ) flow in one direction, but is pushed open by flow in the opposite direction.
* Motorized gates — In case of power outage the gate can be pushed open by hand with no crank or key required.
Marbles must be pushed into an open space ( i. e. not blocked by a marble of either colour ).
Bryant pointed the gun at Pears and pushed him backwards, eventually directing him into the now open boot of the BMW, locking Pears inside.
Wilfrid ’ s advocation of the Roman Easter has been called, “ a triumphant push against an open door ”, since most of the Irish had already accepted the Roman Easter and for this reason Iona “ was already in danger of being pushed to one side by its Irish rivals ”.
The end of the novel is famous for its ambiguity, which leaves open the possibility that Irene has pushed Clare out the window, or that Clare has committed suicide.
" The completion date has been pushed back repeatedly, and the museum is now expected to open in 2017.
The new school was scheduled to open in January 2011, after having been pushed back from an original target opening date of September 2010.
The plunger can be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical tube ( called a barrel ), allowing the syringe to take in and expel a liquid or gas through an orifice at the open end of the tube.
I was burning to see Elmore James and before we even pushed open the door of the club, we could hear Elmore's violent guitar sound.
That signal would bring more and more wretched figures streaming up from all sides, and the good Samaritan would find himself besieged, hemmed in by ragged apparitions spraying him with tubercular saliva, by children covered with oozing sores who were pushed into his path, by gesticulating stumps of arms, blinded eyes, toothless, stinking open mouths, all begging for mercy at this, the last moment of their lives, as if their end could be delayed only by instant support.
The bottle was pinched into a special shape, as can be seen in the photo to the left, to provide a chamber into which the marble was pushed to open the bottle.
Packwood attempted to shove the door closed, but Giugni and two assistants pushed it open.
The bottle was pinched into a special shape, as can be seen in the photo to the right, to provide a chamber into which the marble was pushed to open the bottle.
Blount pushed efforts in the legislature to open the lands west of the Appalachians to settlement.
A large portion of Japanese interior walls are often made of shōji screens that can be pushed open to join two rooms together, and then close them allowing more privacy.
The new Eaton's was scheduled to open September 1, 2000, but was pushed back three times, eventually opening November 25.
:* A robot that fell or was pushed into the open ‘ Pit of Oblivion ’ was instantly ‘ out ’;
Chairman Wong Wan Tin's pushed for the temple to remain open.
It also allows the cowboy to easily open up the noose from horseback to release the cattle because the rope is stiff enough to be pushed a little.

pushed and door
Pullen James humbly lowered his head, pushed aside the hardtack-box door of the hut, and was gone from sight.
They were pushed gently into the room by Arlene -- whose only part appearing were hands that crept quickly back around to the kitchen side of the door.
I opened the door, and Wally stumbled in -- fast -- as if Nadine had pushed him.
The door may be motorised, or pushed manually using pushbars.
As the door closes, the hand is pushed out of the opening, away from harm.
When the button is pushed or the motion detector detects motion at the door, the door alarm is temporarily ignored while the door is opened.
When Steinhäuser was in the doorway, Heise pushed Steinhäuser into the room and quickly locked the door.
Nagorny tried to come to her assistance ; he was roughly pushed back by one of the commisars ..." Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden told of her sad last glimpse of Anastasia: " Once, standing on some steps at the door of a house close by, I saw a hand and a pink-sleeved arm opening the topmost pane.
A scuffle ensued, a pistol appeared, and Marie Vassilieff, all five feet of her, pushed Modigliani downstairs while Pablo Picasso and Manuel Ortiz de Zarate locked the door.
Bowed door to the right shows force of door being pushed.
However Paul feels obligated to take care of a young woman named Lili ( Isabel Jewell ) whose brother's death he caused ( the brother had been pushing Paul to try to get on the train, but when Paul pushed back, the train door closed with the brother on the outside with his coat stuck in the train door, causing him to get dragged along with the train and his legs to be run over ).
As opening time approached the crowd grew anxious and when the doors were opened the crowd pushed forward, breaking the door down, and trampling a 34 year old employee to death.
Sullivan alleges that when she attempted to stop an unnamed woman from exiting a through a door where exits were not being permitted, the woman pushed her.

pushed and fell
During this period Port Moresby, especially its " villages ", fell into disrepair as the Fifth Air Force under General George Kenney " pushed his bomber line forward 1800 miles " rapidly establishing no less than five air bases around the sparsely populated town, and troops from a variety of nations under MacArthurs ' direction transited through the vicinity ; which became a major allied staging base feeding men and material forward from Brisbane, Australia which lies 1, 800 miles across the Coral Sea and about six hours away by B-17 bomber or C-47 transport.
Several explanations have been given for the appearance of " barbarians " on the frontier: weather and crops, population pressure, a " primeval urge " to push into the Mediterranean or the " domino effect " ( whereby the Huns fell upon the Goths who, in turn, pushed other Germanic tribes before them ).
However, this plan fell through, and Leif has stated that the album's release date will be pushed back to 2012, in order for the band concentrate on the 25th anniversary of their 1986 debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.
However, the child had tied their sashes together without the stepmother realizing, and when the stepmother pushed the girl over, they both fell to their deaths.
The toppling of the Goddess of Democracy was seen by millions across the world on television: “ pushed by a tank, it fell forward and to the right, so that its hands and the torch struck the ground first, breaking off.
The Canadian Senate would have been reformed, although the proposed reform fell short of the " triple-E " ( equal, elected and effective ) Senate pushed by the Western provinces and Newfoundland.
Believing the puck was loose behind him ( which it was ), he fell backward to cover the puck, and accidentally pushed it into the goal, giving the Red Wings what turned out to be the game-and Stanley Cup-winning goal.
The score was 12 – 10 in Wales's favour, when Haden and another New Zealand player, Frank Oliver, suddenly fell to the ground as if pushed.
Determined to continue with the blockade, Bibulus pushed himself too hard ; he fell ill in early 48 BC and died near Corcyra before the end of winter.
It is best known as the location where Abe Reles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc., either jumped, fell or was pushed to his death on November 12, 1941 a few hours before he was scheduled to testify against Albert Anastasia.
Considered the underdogs against the first place New York Rangers captained by Mark Messier, the Canucks initially fell behind three games to one but pushed the series to seven games.
Many jumped, fell, or were pushed out the windows before firemen on ladders could reach them.
The pursuing German forces prevented groups of Herero from breaking from the main body of the fleeing force and pushed them further into the desert, and as exhausted Herero fell to the ground unable to go on, German soldiers acting on orders killed men, women and children.
During this time, sales declined as its ratings from consumer and auto magazines fell below average among mid-size cars, while the sedan market had shifted and pushed the larger Intrepid and later Charger to record sales.
Katzenkopf fortress and Irrel fell on 28 February and the attack pushed on toward Trier, reaching the Moselle, 3 March.
After a severe accident in West Germany where Rogowski either fell or was pushed from a hotel window and landed on a fence, Rogowski returned home to Carlsbad to recover.
The Taira were pushed back, and the war fell into a lull for about six months, during which Noriyori returned to Kyoto.
While Kohl continually pushed the issue of European integration, the issue fell short from voters ’ minds.
As the elephant started to bump around during the ride, she was pushed out of the car and fell into the river Wupper.
) Bennett then pushed Chinamasa who fell to the floor.
On 19 July Grodno fell and after a failed Polish counterattack towards Grodno the 1st Army had to retreat behind Neman River and was soon pushed further back.
Wright fell down as the ball came down, and the Vikings argued that Pearson pushed off and should have been flagged for offensive interference.
( The audience does not see if Ingram was pushed or he fell.

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