11.   She cut her hand trying to open a can of sardines.

12.   Ted cranked open a can of Bonnie Hubbard beef hash.

13.   She sounded, thought Robert, rather like Badger shortly before one opened a can of dog-food.

14.   They retired to the kitchen and unpacked the food, opened the cans of lager and carried the lot into the dining-room.

15.   I opened another can and wondered what to do next.

16.   A hundred years ago it might have been possible, yet not now on islands where people open a can of tuna rather than fish for one.

17.   A single man learns either to cook or to open soup cans.

18.   Certainly, most Americans learned to think of meat ravioli as nothing more complicated than opening a can of blanded-down Chef Boyardee.

19.   Empty fruit-juice cans were opened, then taped together to create a cylinder that was closed at one end.

20.   Even with that shortcut, these sweet potatoes take more work than opening a can, a box and a bag for the candied kind.