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1. My guards had not fixed handcuffs to my wrists nor had the by now all too familiar clank of chain accompanied my move
2. The towering automaton would hiss and clank and grumble as it staggered, possessed by uncanny determination to stay on its feet and to keep fighting
3. Even as we watched we were shunted off into a siding to let ammunition trains clank and screech pat us so we used this time to stretch our legs and take care of any latrine needs we had
4. There were more hold ups and every time we moved off again the buffers would crash together hard enough to rattle your teeth and make your ears ring and the coupling chains would jangle and clank as they swayed when the engine pulled off
5. A part of her mind registered the clank of the steel gate shutting, the throwing of the lock
6. A clank echoed through the Maze
7. After seeing Sicarius’s knife clank uselessly off the beast’s eye, she knew killing it was beyond her team
8. After a few seconds, there came the clank of a
9. A sound tugged my ear, the clank of horse hooves echoing off the pebbles and stone
10. Not even the clank of fork against plate could be heard
11. Faintly through the casement there came the clank of marching men in armor; gruff voices shouted in an alien tongue, and cries of alarm mingled with the shouts
12. Outside, the rhythmical clank of harness and shuffle of horses' hoofs welled up through the gold-barred casements
13. Outside in the city there was no sound, except the clank of hoofs and after a while the clang of a closing gate
14. She passed into the hall and moved down it without hesitation, presently disappearing with her captive into a chamber that opened into it, and whence shortly thereafter issued the clank of iron
15. I can hear the clank of the trolley a few
16. Liz was used to the clank
17. The clank registered in the stranger’s ears
18. An hour earlier, Peter had set a pot of chicken cacciatore on his gas stove, and after slamming the pot and its piping hot contents to the smooth tiled floor, where it clanged with a clank and a bang and pitter, he kicked at the stove until he heard an unmistakable, a horrid and nasty, unforgiving hiss
19. A check of her mental list in the Pick ‘n Pay, in time to the clank of the trolley’s loose
20. A heavy clank followed the rumbling noises, and after a moment's silence, the doors very slowly opened
21. What’s this?” Butch questioned upon hearing a dull clank as he rushed along the east side of the cafeteria
22. He heard the cushioned sound of a metallic clank
23. Except for the clank of Freeman’s chains on the floor, the room lacked the frenzy of a trial seeking execution
24. The large front door closed with a cold clank
25. Another long pause and a clank and clunk from inside the RV
26. down the rear hatch and shut it with a clank and walked around the
27. With a noticeable clank, the cab disconnected from the
28. met in the center with a startling clank
29. with a thud and a clank
30. Seven in the evening, after the inmates were fed, a loud clank could be heard on Bohdan’s cell door
31. Many times they threw rocks and stones and tried to hit him, often hitting the sides of the steel cage with a clank
32. This year the manoeuvres are up our way, so that we are blest with more than our usual share of attention, and wherever you go you see soldiers, and the holy calm that has brooded over us all the summer has given place to a perpetual running to and fro of officers' servants, to meals being got ready at all hours, to the clanking of spurs and all those other mysterious things on an officer that do clank whenever he moves, and to the grievous wailings of my unfortunate menials, who are quite beside themselves, and know not whither to turn for succour
33. Only the rattle and clank of pots and pans pealed in the background
34. It was my sister's turn to lower her cutlery with a clank onto her plate
35. It landed with a clank onto the granite tile, bent now, and imperfect
36. She heard a final clank and saw that the boat had been pulled in toward the ship itself
37. " There is a silence after he said this as we all nod in agreement and clank our glasses once more
38. Suddenly there was a loud clank
39. Defeated, Joseph dropped the pipe with a noisy clank
40. He and Kyle brought the hunk of metal near the group and dropped it with a clank
41. clank of the shod horses on the granite floor,
42. Overhand so steady, overhand they turn and fall with joyous clank,
43. Do you hear the clank of the muskets?
44. went towards the mounds, whence came the clank of the chains of sledges as they slipped down or were dragged up, the rumble of the sliding sledges, and the sounds of merry voices
45. Don Pepe padlocked each door in succession, and at the signal of his whistle the string of carts would move off, closely surrounded by the clank of spur and carbine, with jolts and cracking of whips, with a sudden deep rumble over the boundary bridge ("into the land of thieves and sanguinary macaques," Don Pepe defined that crossing); hats bobbing in the first light of the dawn, on the heads of cloaked figures; Winchesters on hip; bridle hands protruding lean and brown from under the falling folds of the ponchos
46. Presently Decoud felt a light tremor of the floor and a distant clank of iron
47. At last the third bell rang, there was a whistle and a hiss of steam, and a clank of chains, and the man in her carriage crossed himself
48. What the hell did these guys need anyway? If you had school lockers for books, what would go in these gym bins? Were there deodorants or lotions, some kind of underclothes that he was missing? Did they all wear the same kind of jockstrap? Thunk-thunk, clank, thunk
49. The great bunch seemed very heavy to his arms, and his heart was often in his mouth, in spite of his ring, for he could not prevent the keys from making every now and then a loud clink and clank, which put him all in a tremble
50. There was a metallic clank as a row of storage-compartment doors built into the underside of the shuttle’s fuselage slid open, revealing cube-shaped shipping containers
1. “Cheers,” the girls added and they all clanked glasses together
2. breeches, clanked wincingly as we walked along through the tunnels
3. They laughed, and armor and weapons clanked
4. Dishes clanked in a kitchen somewhere in the back of the house
5. Their section of the wall clanked into a new home
6. A lock clanked
7. ” Larocka clanked her hand against the face shield of her helmet, as if trying to wipe her eyes or nose but forgetting about the barrier
8. scolded his indecisiveness as the doors finally clanked shut
9. The road was rough and rutted, and the space-steel clanked continuously
10. They clanked as they fell out
11. Their points clanked just behind his eyes, then returned to the palms of my hands
12. toast, and it clanked against the plate
13. Suddenly a whine and the diesel generator clanked into life numbing the senses with it‘s dull thud
14. The chains clanked against the stone altar, and her paws easily
15. He shifted his position at last, and his chains clanked
16. It clanked as it hit the floor
17. Soon a red eye was knocked out of its head and clanked away
18. With each step the metal clanked on the pavement and Joey and Lezura heard the faint stretch and screech of wires
19. The first bound forward put Elizabeth behind a crated piece of machinery, on which a few bullets clanked as she checked that her women were ready or not for the second bound
20. Paul's maroon wing-tipped shoes clanked as the agents
21. clanked on the floor tiles as she pranced towards them
22. Shifting gears now, back in the hills of Pennsylvania, Mutt clanked away from his home in the old family van
23. The rough-hewn timber frame of the hoist creaked and moaned as Ilian and Shara strained against the harness, and the chain clanked and clattered where it wound tight over the series of pulleys
24. Jeeter’s lips were drawn around teeth jutting in curious misalignment, and as the massive piece clanked upward he edged further backward, unconsciously reaching out to tug Durstan along
25. Cupboards clanked open and closed, coupled with telltale signs of glass and china clinking
26. They lifted their arms and clanked their pop cans in a toast, “To saving Earth!”
27. The trowel fell from her hand, clattered across the pavement and clanked against the step, out of reach
28. Then he pulled the clutch with his left hand, clanked in the first gear with his left foot, gradually let go of the clutch, and stimulating the engine a bit he drove off
29. The cow blinked, turned her head to look at the humans, and her cowbell clanked softly
30. At that moment the wind, as it were, surmounting all obstacles, sent the snow flying from the carriage roofs, and clanked some sheet of iron it had torn off, while the
31. Their convict uniforms were dirty and foul with sweat, shackles clanked despair about them
32. They must have loaded up the cargo area earlier; that chemical odor was coming from back there, and every time they took a corner, bottles clanked invisibly
33. Dunk clanked his cup against it, and against Ser Uthor’s and the rest as well
34. Metal clanked as the hook got purchase and five hundred pounds of steel began to rise
35. Baubles clanked as Vitale pawed through them, handed the necklace up to Conklin with his catcher’s mitt of a hand
36. She was saved from further interrogation when the elevator came to a stop on the main floor and the doors clanked open
37. The High Garda carriers clanked them away from the ruins of Oxford
38. The wheels crunched on the road surface, the moving parts clanked and squeaked, and the loose pieces of metal in the cargo rattled at every bump
39. Twenty-four on each vehicle, twelve on a side, back to back, facing the passers-by, their legs dangling in the air,—this was the manner in which these men were travelling, and behind their backs they had something which clanked, and which was a chain, and on their necks something which shone, and which was an iron collar
40. The escort troop cursed, the men in chains did not utter a syllable; from time to time the sound of a blow became audible as the cudgels descended on shoulder-blades or skulls; some of these men were yawning; their rags were terrible; their feet hung down, their shoulders oscillated, their heads clashed together, their fetters clanked, their eyes glared ferociously, their fists clenched or fell open inertly like the hands of corpses; in the rear of the convoy ran a band of children screaming with laughter
41. As he moved, a chain clanked; to his wrists were attached fetters
42. At that moment the wind, as it were, surmounting all obstacles, sent the snow flying from the carriage roofs, and clanked some sheet of iron it had torn off, while the hoarse whistle of the engine roared in front, plaintively and gloomily
43. When the priest, ciforium in hand, recited the words, "Have mercy on me as Thou hadst on the thief whom Thou didst save," nearly all the convicts prostrated themselves, and their chains clanked; I think they took these words literally as applied to themselves, and not as being in Scripture
44. But he managed awkwardly: the handle clanked, there was a rattle and a creak
1. There was a great shudder that went through the earth as she felt it move, and then a muffled clanking of a machine came from above
2. She landed hard strikes on the hissing and clanking behemoth
3. At midnight, voices sounded, accompanied by the clanking of mail armor
4. Before she could decide whose troops approached, another collection of voices and clanking armor arose from the other side of the yard
5. My screams of rage were quickly lost amongst the clanking and whirring of the car-wash as it dutifully washed my car from front to back, then from back to front, my head along with it
6. draped chains, clanking the rollers, mixed in with a compressor
7. Then he stood and greeted, and there was a loud clanking of chairs when everyone stood up and greeted back
8. A sufficient hole dug, Lord Robert dropped the shackles in and grimaced at the clanking sound they made in the darkness
9. He felt a warmth brush past his face and heard the faintest echo of clanking armour
10. Rover had recovered their dead, salvaged what parts they could from wrecked tracks, and were roaring and clanking along Route 13 estimating linkup with the main unit about noon
11. He heard the mallet fall to the ground, then some clanking of metal
12. The sound of clattering and clanking announced the return of the jesterfish
13. Philip and Jonathan stayed within the shade of night, hearing the noise of laughter and clanking plates to their left and the tranquility of the ebbing tide to their right
14. When they met there was a loud clanking of metals
15. 'For victory and the fair honor of Taramis!' he said sardonically, and, taking his vizored helmet under his arm, he lifted a hand in salute, and strode clanking from the chamber
16. Pallantides hastened from the pavilion, clanking in the armor he had donned at midnight after a few hours' sleep
17. began to stir, clanking the sides of the cup as though it were a
18. Sometime later, the clanking of keys and the turning of the lock made me look up and I stared across the cell as the basement door opened
19. When the clanking stopped there was no other sound
20. A Bloodliner came running into the room with his armor clanking on his body
21. The inn keeper stepped back with a worried look, her metal boots clanking on the floor
22. It is a small mercy that nobody could see what went on inside that machine, but the clanking, booming, chuntering noises were highly suggestive
23. They began to hear pots clanking, machine sounds from what appeared to be a kitchen
24. hear the hardware clanking in his anorak pockets
25. There was a noise of metal clanking on the pavement behind the platform and a naked boy then ran up the stairs, closely pursued by two of the trader’s henchmen
26. After a brief pause, he heard the clanking of the latch
27. � The layers of neoprene foam sandwiching the plate pockets, on top of making the vest more comfortable to wear and cushioning any eventual impact, prevented the plates from clanking between them
28. The clanking of spanners on bolt heads slowly sealed his fate
29. To a clanking of iron buffers and a clinking of chain, the train
30. sound of clanking dishes
31. It was almost deafening with the thudding and clanking of fifty-eight picks hammering the dirt in random, and the shoveling of dirt into the dirt-carts, the loading and unloading of the crystals, and especially the machinery used to haul the crystals up the side of the two hundred foot embankment
32. reading the Bible when he heard the clanking of keys outside
33. His “Orchestra” was a gigantic clanking monstrosity
34. Miles Donovan jumped at the clanking sound of something locking into place under his seat, and saw a cannon built like a six shot revolver drop out of the bottom of the other plane, matching Millie’s
35. A dull clanking sound then abruptly interrupted the conversation
36. She heard the pounding of the sea, the clanking as longswords met, and the pang of lightening as it flashed in the distance
37. Occasionally the clanking of coins in the
38. By the time that dish of last week’s leftover vanilla tapioca should have been cranking up his second term into high gear, the country was clanking down to a falling-apart, full stop
39. The chatter resumed, bowls clanking and dishes being passed around
40. forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is
41. machinery clanking and moving
42. It was loud for a moment then they heard the sound of clanking, like metal on rock
43. And now he, for whose sake she had married Job, so that the thousands of acres her father had had to mortgage could be freed from debt and handed over to him, when he came to inherit, in the condition his ancestors knew, had long ago vanished out of her life, and Job, who freed the inheritance, had vanished too--Trippy forever, behind the clanking gates of death, and Job for ever too, of course, but differently forever
44. This year the manoeuvres are up our way, so that we are blest with more than our usual share of attention, and wherever you go you see soldiers, and the holy calm that has brooded over us all the summer has given place to a perpetual running to and fro of officers' servants, to meals being got ready at all hours, to the clanking of spurs and all those other mysterious things on an officer that do clank whenever he moves, and to the grievous wailings of my unfortunate menials, who are quite beside themselves, and know not whither to turn for succour
45. Prompted by the mournful groan of burning timbers and clanking bangs, Johnny crouched down to suck feverishly at the clear liquid
46. Then he hears the worst noise he could possibly hear: the clanking of an approaching guard, and he freezes, every muscle in his body tense
47. The clanking grows louder as the guards approach, and after a moment she hears it as well
48. And when the clanking of the cooling chamber door started, and that boring nightwatchman came in again, I decided rather to follow him for a while…
49. A few big strides brought him to the corner of the Mustang where he kneeled down and hammered his elbow onto the bonnet with a hollow clanking sound
50. The noisy seagulls were just as predominant though, and additionally there were the hollow splashing and clanking sounds of a multitude of these smaller boats being incessantly shifted around in their position by the turbid water and tugging at their moors
1. Maldynado was supposedly leading a fencing practice, though copious amounts of chatter punctuated the clanks of metal
2. Clanks echoed through the basement
3. But after listening to endless clanks and murmurs escape the darkness from which she entered, she eventually returned with a box nicely wrapped with a bow
4. hammering, clanks and grating sounds
5. They could soon hear the clanks of metal on metal and see the orange heat blazing through their quick strikes
6. "That shows it's not locked, but fastened with the hook! Do you hear how the hook clanks?"
7. All she heard was a kind of low rumble, punctuated by distant clunks and clanks