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1. He noticed that he was still clutching the door knob with a straining hand
2. straining under the covers
3. amid a wail of ebrased rubber and straining chassis bolts, until, with the hills and the
4. The feeling of exhilaration after a good thirty minutes straining and sweating and driving your body beyond its customary lethargy becomes addictive
5. I knelt, tethered, at the end of my chain, straining to hear the sound of a carbine loosing its deathly payload
6. straining to see the swans as they merge into the melting air
7. Wiesse would certainly not be amused by that sort of inattentiveness … as a result I find myself watching the path carefully, straining my eyes for any such rut
8. The Princess began screeching and straining and banging against the quayside
9. until you can see the flame without straining and without any
10. Onlookers clung to the rooftops, on window ledges and every available vantage point straining for a better view
11. Then we turned out of the narrow alleyway into the square where, to my complete amazement, I saw it absolutely crammed with hundreds of pilgrims who had flocked there for the next part of the festival, all craning and straining to see what they could of the annual procession and the ritual on the plateia
12. Between us - Hilary taking over the straining of the vegetables, me prising the Yorkshire puddings out of their beds and Dave lifting the roast potatoes carefully out of the oven, we get the meal served up
13. Billy tries to stay calm, straining the boundaries of his own voice now
14. The trousers undone, he lifted himself off the bed and stepped out of them, his erection straining against his grimy underpants
15. The cannon crews redoubled their efforts, straining against the
16. He turns to Ted and unzips his fleece to reveal straining shirt buttons barely containing the enthusiastic expanse of his belly
17. Not that I’ll drown you – not with your voice – but I don’t want you straining
18. A yellow sun was straining through the
19. Then the roar of the bulldozers could be heard, straining and groaning, thunderous as the revs climbed up
20. With Father straining at the helm to keep their ship from smashing against sheer walls of granite, Nerissa flung stone after stone
21. He couldn’t help but notice with appreciation that the cool air was making its magic with her nipples, which had become hard and erect and were straining against the thin material
22. Let us return briefly to our hero, straining against his burden
23. If you are mindful of the moment, you are free of the past and not straining to see into the future
24. A man stood at the rear entrance to the tunnel, almost blocking it with his seven-foot mass, his broad shoulders rippling with muscles straining under a white shirt
25. ” grunted Kate, straining on the rope
26. ” said Richard, straining to broaden the tear in the metal door with his hands
27. He stayed motionless for a moment, not even breathing, straining to hear some trace of the sound he had heard before, but he could not
28. I stared at the straining backs of the Sappers and the thought sprang into my head that if it was a fish then it was a whopper and would feed most of the Company
29. She waited breathlessly, straining to hear the least noise
30. He heard his heart, a great thumping engine in the cavern of his chest, straining against
31. Ears straining, she listened for footfalls or breathing
32. I stood with my head against the window, straining to keep focused on the plane until it was no longer possible
33. Striking upwards, his muscles straining with the effort, Thesa reached the surface, gasping for breath, the numbing coldness of the water sucking the air from his lungs and stinging his eyes
34. The crowd murmured softly, shifting about, straining for a better view as Sergeant Shooter manoeuvred his upper body through the window of the police car, while Grunt sat inside, holding onto Shooter's legs
35. Straining my ears above the din of the engine and the wind-whipped noise coming through the large doorless opening in the side of the helicopter, I tried to listen in on the conversation going on between the winch-man and Detective Inspector Grunt
36. For those quickly approaching retirement age with minimal household expenses, many can oftentimes stay the course without unduly straining their financial sources
37. Straining to hear each other above the wind, it was hard to believe in the secluded world down below where quiet lamplight illuminated the others playing cards
38. Gulping back her tears, Macey listened, straining her ears to hear the smallest sound
39. “Any losses?” I asked, holding my breath on the phone and straining to hear him over the static on the line
40. She then spent her morning as was her usual routine nowdays: brooming and cleaning the house as much as her straining back allowed
41. " The younger Wood Sprites leaned in, straining to hear the story, fascinated by the powerful Fox
42. Beth lashed her arms over the bigger man’s shoulders and around his back, straining to reach her adversary’s flesh
43. Yet, the straining of muscles under a baking sun brought with it a desperately needed release
44. Straining to wrestle huge bundles from the overhead racks, they collided, cursed and shoved
45. The fence, brown-rusted and stained, seemed to be straining to hold back the encroaching jungle, omnipresent in the quiet, steaming night
46. Looking round the best he could, straining his neck, and starting to sweat, Vince is looking directly into Bob's face, "You'll need to get this trained monkey off me first?"
47. Charles is straining his eyes, "That looks like Harry & Vince, does it look like them to you?"
48. Ludwig could not stop himself from asking, straining his voice to be heard over the roar of the diesel engine
49. Colling took up a post on the bow, straining to see anything that looked as if it might pose an obstacle to their progress
50. Hands wrap around my arms and shoulders and chest, forming a cage of flesh and bone, but I keep straining toward her