VERB + CURTAIN
- close, draw, open, pull (across/aside/back/closed)
- They sat in the dark with the curtains drawn. She pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in
CURTAIN + VERB
- hang
- Heavy red velvet curtains hung either side of the huge window
- billow
- The curtains billowed madly as the wind caught them
PREP
- behind a/the ~
- He took a bag from a shelf behind some curtains
CURTAIN + VERB
- go up, open, part, rise
- close, come down, fall
- At the end of the play the curtain came down to tremendous applause