Not until the ranks opened would there be deaths.

Breathless, they found their way to the rear as the ranks opened to let them pass, then closed again.

The black ranks opened before them, allowing the horses to run through, but then they closed up behind them.

At last the ranks opened and a group of men came through.

Even as mobility seems to have stagnated, the ranks of the elite are opening.

The ranks gave back and opened before her.

For two long minutes after the ranks have opened, the hauptfeldwebel stands watching.

The ranks opened for the Assyrian to reach the couch.

Respectfully the ranks opened to allow Matthias and his companions through.

The front ranks of the massed creatures opened to let her pass, and then closed in again.