By the opening of the 1,000th store in 1928, gross business had reached $190,000,000.

"We should have them up and running by the opening."

Two figures, a man and a woman, stood by the wide opening, as if they could accompany her this far, no further.

He was waiting for her by the opening of the tent.

That's stayed where she was, standing by the opening in the inner wall.

He had left the building by the same opening and moved directly away from the tall central tower.

The shoes he'd left by the opening were quite shiny.

The three older boys stood by the opening of the houses.

I hope I'll be ready by the opening of the season, but if not, soon after.

By January 1986, and the opening sequence had changed a bit since the late 1970s.