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1. It took another hour before her battered old car finally struggled up the winding roads and steep hills that lead to his remote home in South-West County Wickford

2. proudly one evening in May fifty-two with a battered old Austin Seven

3. Once the shiny Audi was out of sight he made his heavy way back into the station and fished an old battered phone from his pocket and selected a speed dial number that picked up quickly

4. delicious beer battered cod and chips from the village pub, which was obviously a

5. towards the front of his battered old car, and slammed shut the bonnet

6. The same bent and battered tin tray slid across the floor

7. I measured time in solid blocks of obscurity punctuated by the slide of battered tin across concrete

8. A battered paperback copy of the Bible

9. Later that same night, in the small hours of Christmas Day, I lay on my mattress, nursing the mother of all headaches and feeling every breath burn through my clogged and battered nose and ribs

10. My first impulse was to try and move him onto his mattress, but as I tried to lever his battered body towards the mattress he simply groaned again, moved his hand to cup mine, and then wagged a finger under my nose

11. The only crew remaining alive were those who'd found a corner to strap themselves in where they couldn't be taken overboard or battered with hunks of rigging still attached to the hull

12. He sighed and raised his eyes to the battered woman lying in the hospital bed

13. "We heaved and threw, pounded and battered from all directions, never knowing where the next blow was coming from except when lighting flashed

14. With that he stubbed out his cigarette, walked away from the man in black towards the front of his battered old car, and slammed shut the bonnet

15. ’ He said, taking in the still battered appearance of her face and plainly appalled at the sight

16. Yet again, Kara felt the impact of the massive divide between her culture and that of Earth – something the exploration of the seaside resort had highlighted; the sheer volume of … words failed her … stuff that was on sale in the shops … most of it completely superfluous … badly made, cheap (in every meaning of the word) ornaments of no practical use whatsoever and precious little artistic merit, deliberately manufactured to clutter up somebody’s home … and then there was the food and drink on offer! Everywhere she’d looked there had been foodstuffs on sale and people eating … battered fish, hot savoury smelling sausages, the tart scent of vinegar on chips fresh from the fryers … and ices of every conceivable flavour … and those unbelievable sweets in all shapes and sizes … and, according to Iain, this particular seaside resort was a relatively small one … by the time Iain turned off the motorway at the Taunton interchange, she had concluded that although it had been fun visiting, really, when it came down to it, she preferred her own world

17. Legs, clad in office shoes and pants, a torso attired likewise but topped by a face that had been battered by winds the Ttharmine never blew

18. a story that she read about Boz, her battered green dinosaur,

19. and slip boot slopes of their battered home

20. lay battered and shell shocked by the turn of the season,

21. They drove up the hill that led to the big electric gates at the entrance to Seaview Park just in time to see a large removals lorry pulling out of the estate followed by a ranting, screaming harridan dragging behind her a couple of suitcases and an old and battered fishing rod

22. He reached inside his jacket and pulled out a battered old pair of faded, blue ribbed shin pads

23. The battered and bruised shin pads suddenly seemed to glow and to shine

24. With his battered old shin pads tucked safely inside his knee length socks, he ran riot through every level of schoolboy and junior football, scoring record numbers of goals at every age

25. Terry continued to dazzle on the playing field and without quite remembering why, he stood firmly by his old and battered shin pads, even though he was offered bright shiny new ones nearly every week

26. A few seconds later, the old man exchanged the bright, sparkling, monogrammed shin pads for Terry's battered old blue ones

27. Of course, he knew that wasn’t really the case, but once the thought had thrown its grappling hook and caught on the battlements of Tom’s mental castle, there was nothing he could do about the waves of nausea that battered at the door of his mental redoubt

28. As volcano Annie subsided into a state of uncongenial dormancy, she and her brother came to a bruised and battered arrangement whereby she could stay on in the family house for a few days until she could find somewhere else to live

29. That same Sunday morning, following an anonymous tip off, various large and burly members of the Manchester police force’s vice squad battered down Danny’s front door, dragged him out of bed and bruisingly bundled him into the back of a white van

30. battered doors and kicked at cars, inflicting cuts and bruises on

31. boots off of the poor girl’s battered and desperately tired legs

32. just like a fairy tale prince, but as she approached him the battered

33. threw an old and battered mobile phone into the cell

34. dragging behind her a couple of suitcases and an old and battered

35. He reached inside his jacket and pulled out a battered old pair of

36. The battered and bruised shin pads suddenly seemed to glow and

37. With his battered old shin pads tucked

38. battered shin pads, even though he was offered bright shiny new

39. that battered at the door of his mental redoubt

40. dormancy, she and her brother came to a bruised and battered

41. kerchief at the throat and topped with a battered panama hat

42. Birds whistled and for a while, he forgot about his present situation as the sun worked its magic and warmed him up inside his battered and bruised body

43. Only yesterday, he had been swept away in this very river, battered on the rocks and rejected onto the shore

44. They were all well cleaned and nicely battered, toasted to perfection and served inverted, hottest on the bottom, so they could commence powering thru them as soon as the basket was set in front of them

45. Fruitlessly, she battered at the stronger woman with her hands, but this only served to fuel Sheila’s lust

46. He looked back at the battered faces of

47. Her rhythmic stride faltered as the immensity of her surroundings battered through the veneer of self-important awareness in the twentieth century woman’s mind and struck at the primitive being beneath

48. He likes that idea and very shortly we are strolling along the seafront clutching bags of chips and battered sausages, eating them with little wooden forks

49. I believe he’s had it since university and the battered, brown leather sort of matches the classical tinge to the music it carries

50. There was a garden float on one side that was stalled in a restoration process, a battered old barge on the other

51. Not expecting to spend the night there, she’d nothing to cover her battered body

52. suspicious eyes and trying to read the battered face in front of him

53. Dripping with blood and sweat, Gunt filled the crack in the trunk while bent and battered armored figures laid scattered about his feet, the bodies slow to regenerate and renew their attacks considering they had been reduced to mush

54. For several minutes he lay unconscious until Rosecare picked a long flax like leaf and rubbed it under his battered nose

55. Battered around the face, her chiton torn, her arms and legs all bruised

56. Aunt Melissa had suffered a broken arm in the storm, her remaining children each were gashed and battered

57. for battered woman, how about diminishing the frequency to once a

58. To dream that you are eating calamari indicates that you are feeling battered or beaten

59. And, oh yes, Jeremos had battered Homer’s head against the

60. Regardless of their reactions, the visitations were merely omens that their long and battered journey on the planet was drawing to a close

61. The storm battered the area for three more hours before letting up

62. ” replied Chris as he placed his electronic pad on the desk and sat down in his battered swivel chair

63. Its long, metal body was battered and scratched and its orange paint long since worn away

64. It contained a large kitchen area, their communication system for maintaining contact with the other mines and even Callisto station, a relaxation area with three battered sofas, two canteen-style dining tables and the large display screen they used for watching television and keeping up with news of Earth

65. I hated to think of the agony that poor animal was enduring, but no one dared move from the assigned position, though the braying cut through the wind sounds and battered our senses

66. Bruised, battered and confused, we watched as the hellish storm disintegrated as though it had never been

67. Our senses had been so battered by our journey and the storm, it was a blessing to smell the cleanliness of the pool and the faint scent of palms

68. The rest of us were dressed near enough the same including the Captain the only difference was that I had been lucky and had managed to get hold of an Australian bush hat that kept the sun off me but which was now battered and worn

69. He shook his head to force away the horrible images that flooded his mind: Millicent’s fists raining down on Carter’s battered face again and again

70. In the friendly sparring practice at the end of each session, he came away feeling battered with numerous bruises and aching strained muscles

71. The fillet of haddock had been lightly battered and then fried in light oil with a little sea-salt on top

72. “The good news is that the Halflings were merely bruised and battered, and not injured more seriously,” he finished up

73. Several fair-sized pythons also came to light, and were dispatched by the niggers, who so battered the carcases that skinning was out of the question

74. The only animal of importance killed was a not over-big leopard, which was so battered about the head by the eager natives that it was completely spoiled, the skin falling a trophy to a Sergeant-Major of the Supply, who gave it the first blow with a heavy stick as it ran

75. The shop door was locked; but they soon battered it down with stones

76. Rummaging in her backpack, she pulled out her battered iPod and slotted it into the holder on the Zeppelin shaped docking station that was part of the room’s audio set-up

77. No, she did not need the image of a broken and battered child joining Wholt’s dead body in her mind

78. Chuckling to himself, he creaked open the door of his battered old car

79. Akstyr stared at the bleeding and battered man for a moment, as if he could not believe he had been responsible

80. All proceeds from sales of these novels benefit battered women’s shelters

81. As a special treat, as a warm thank-you for buying this book and supporting the cause of battered women, here’s a sneak peek at the first chapter of Creating Memories

82. Another thunderclap and Brokin shuddered when the taproot moved back and forth, as the tree's old trunk was battered by the force of the storm raging above

83. Standing in the middle of Brockenhurst Forest, alone now and battered beyond recognition, stood a once proud tree, its branches long gone, stripped by the force of the storm

84. "I'll just tie this 'ere rope ter yer ankles, see? That'll leave yer 'ands free, won't it?" Handing me a battered tin hat, he continued, "'Ere, put this on

85. Three feet away, casting a shadow that reached to a distant building, was a battered wooden table draped with cloth

86. “That seems clear then,” a little bird-like man offered, and puffed contemplatively on a battered old briar pipe

87. There, covered with blood, with his battered head near

88. Bringing her attention back to her driver she watched as he carried on driving North towards the army base where the now battered and bruised Stuart lay passed out

89. She was battered, bruised, and looked like she was in an A&E ward

90. Another man at the front of the crowd just a few yards from Akbar had his faced smashed in as a panicking police officer battered him with his truncheon bringing the man crashing onto his knees

91. He was battered about three feet into the crowd by the police officer

92. Mia"s battered Honda was there

93. Inside, Colling lifted a battered coffepot from the coal stove in one end of the third-class railway car and poured himself a mug of what he discovered was bitter-tasting ersatz brew

94. He traded five packs of cigarettes for a battered but sturdy leather suitcase at the shoemaker’s shop where he had purchased his Leica camera

95. She and the driver carried on a running conversation about the city as they drove through battered streets filled with work parties of both men and women clearing the rubble of collapsed and shattered buildings

96. As they retraced their steps, a battered black Renault sedan parked on the opposite side of the boulevard, across from the Polonia’s main entrance, caught Colling’s eye

97. No sign identified the bicycle shop, but it was not difficult to pick it out on the street, because several battered bicycles were propped under its one large dirty window

98. After folding and unfolding it several times, he tucked it into his coat pocket, picked up his battered briefcase, and pulling on a battered fedora, headed off to the school

99. There, a town drunk, wearing a battered, wide-brim straw hat, breathed toxic fumes into his face asking for a handout, while the old man behind the bar shook his head

100. Two battered and bruised guys stood close to them