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However, I can lift the curtain just a bit in this matter.

There is one place only where he lifts the curtain.

The young man lifted the curtain and stuck in his head.

With a quick movement he lifted the curtain and passed under it.

He lifts the curtain, and calls for the snake to be brought on.

I lifted the curtain and crossed the great room which was next mine.

The woman lifted the curtain at the window and peeked out.

Charles Wallace lifted the curtains away from one corner of the window.

The Republican ballot lifts the curtain on the candidates for the first time this year.

He lifted the curtain and felt his way in.

God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.

Lifting the curtain, the master criminal placed the instrument behind it.

The guards nodded; one of them reached up and lifted the curtain aside.

I lift the curtains and slide open the window.

Zeuxis tried to lift the curtain, and lost the contest.

The little grey man lifted the curtains from the bed and beckoned the youth to approach.

But you'll have to promise one thing: this matter mustn't go any further unless I lift the curtain of secrecy myself.

Ms Rowling has not lifted the curtain of the future very far.

Genji came up beside her and lifted the curtain back over its frame.

He darted to the door and lifted the curtain.

We lift the curtain on the everyday jobs normal people do

Peter Travers lifts the curtain behind the country's most exclusive department store.

Fuming, he lifted the curtain on the pressure and resulting abuses.

The episode thus lifted the curtain on the usually discreet and private world of judicial politics.

He lifted the curtain and she followed him.

"I raised the curtain on something they did not want to see."

Now technology has raised the curtain on the final act: the automobile as office.

If only slightly, Reid has raised the curtain on his personal life.

Then we have nothing to lose by raising the curtain for our guests.

It is just the sort of event that Republicans do not want to raise the curtain on in an election year.

Then he raised the curtain and slipped silently out into the night.

Every one of the eight secondary schools in the district will soon be raising the curtain on a major production.

Push both switches to raise the curtain on the stage.

Raise the curtain on this illustrated history of Ontario’s movie theatres.

He saw the bulky man raise the curtain and take the passage to his private office.

The first person on stage has "raised the curtain".

It was too early to raise the curtain on his identity, not at least until we had all walked the plank.

And the Apollo raised the curtain on an identical format in 1934.

The summer raises the curtain on the public theater of the impromptu.

Then he replaced the chair and raised the curtain.

They needed no further invitation to raise the curtain.

From the moment the five red lights disappeared to finally raise the curtain on the new campaign, the German was never troubled.

Outside the construction site, a large billboard reads, "Help raise the curtain."

"At this moment it seems as though science will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation.

So dim the lights, raise the curtains, and let the show begin…

The governor's speech raised the curtain on another legislative session in Albany, one filled with many difficult issues.

Acting upon impulse, he raised the curtain and stared into the blackness of the room beyond.

The opening shots raise the curtain on a drama which will fully occupy every sense.

He had raised the curtain of the front window beside the door and was pointing up and across the street.

No wonder there are jitters backstage as they get ready to raise the curtain on the new season.