1.   She was prying open the weave of the bag so that she could work the handle of her riding crop into it.

2.   Come nightfall, they would return and force their way in by prying open a skylight or an air vent, or simply smashing through the roof.

3.   Lovett was prying open the cellar door, blocked by a fallen tree.

4.   Prying open the fuselage, the rescuers saved a mother and daughter, he said.

5.   The gradual approach is the best approach to prying open the U.K. aviation market for U.S. airlines, U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said today.

6.   Opening the new album by The Notorious B.I.G. is uncomfortably akin to prying open a coffin lid.

7.   Heie, fom Washington D.C., said they succeeded in opening the pedestrian gate to Hebron College and were prying open the vehicle gate when troops arrived.

8.   Local residents eventually managed to save many lives by prying open a bathroom window.

9.   The probe is prying open the tight ranks that long shielded Italian security forces from outside scrutiny.