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1. “Do you see those two makeshift graves over there?” he asks
2. I could barely stand the disappointment, and it was only another bout of makeshift, post-breakfast work-out that restored my sanity
3. By the time I catch up with Sefir, Berndt has settled her in a makeshift stall, hobbling her more from the point of view of preventing her doing herself any damage than anything else, as he assures me quickly
4. the two candles burning on the makeshift altar
5. to what had been a makeshift altar – now devoid of its
6. Four girls and two boys proudly walked to the front of the contrived stage in the Council Chambers, converted to a makeshift auditorium for the event
7. The makeshift sling he’d fixed for his most important limb had run its course, and
8. pile of makeshift weapons, grabbing the mop handle and the hammer
9. and carried the injured man away towards a makeshift
10. He also placed the extra villagers with their makeshift spears on the walls with instructions to stick anyone who came within sticking distance
11. Two other male villagers were using their makeshift spears, jabbing at the faces of the criminals as they climbed the ladders
12. Helpless, and likely to do the mages more harm than good, Alec shook his head and moved on, dropping to his hands and knees as he came to the next makeshift bridge
13. Mary grabbed at the makeshift shroud until she uncovered Becky's face, letting out a wail when she finally laid eyes on her
14. They unpacked the components of the makeshift tent and set about erecting it
15. Even when we were not unloading we were building the rickety makeshift piers out into the sea for everything had to be transported from the larger ships to the shore in small boats which were a pain in the arse
16. Me Elijah and Johnny were on one of the makeshift piers unloading what Johnny informed us was an old trawler that had just docked
17. There were more tents if needed, but the weather allowed for a makeshift campsite that could be easily dissembled
18. It had only been two weeks since she had seen his body placed into the ground in a makeshift cemetery just outside of Salverford’s walls
19. She sat, dabbing her eyes and nose with what had been her bonnet and was now a makeshift handkerchief
20. A makeshift wooden bridge had been erected and as Flesh’ailer tied his torch to the bridge, they saw many rock formations all around the cavern
21. On the nearest wall, a large rectangular panel of wood hung from hinges like some makeshift shutter
22. Laying the branches in a row, Brock wove the switches cross-wise through them, and when he was satisfied that the makeshift platform was strong enough, the four badgers carefully eased it out over the water until its far end rested on the trunk, bridging the gap perfectly
23. As the massive trees on either side of the makeshift road cleared, we entered the campsite
24. William quickly created a makeshift bandage by tearing strips of cloth from one of the sleeves of his borrowed white shirt
25. We returned to our makeshift camp where a tent hospital had been erected and dozens of wounded were lying on stretchers awaiting treatment
26. We finally arrived in Warsaw late at night and luckily, we found a makeshift army hostel to stay in
27. All he had to do was to protect his body with makeshift armor
28. Amonas was sitting cross-legged without the cover of the small makeshift shelter he had fashioned; most of it was taken over by the sprawled figure of Hilderich who seemed to be thankfully quite at ease sleeping on the almost bare ground, with nothing but his already muddied and stained cloak as a mattress
29. Almost thirty-six hours after leaving Czechoslovakia, the train pulled into a makeshift terminal on the eastern edge of the city of Warsaw
30. Transportation to the city center was provided by horse-drawn wagons with makeshift plank seats nailed across their beds
31. It appeared to be empty, with the exception of a lone bartender who watched them from behind a makeshift bar made of rough planks that ran the length of one wall of the room
32. In a wombat hole under the dirt road, after a sharp bend, two hundred yards from an old A-frame, makeshift hut
33. As far as she knew, laying in her makeshift cot and cradling her baby in his serene sleep, they had yet to reconvene and decide while at the same time a young girl that brought her water had told her the army had begun the attack on the walls of Pyr only minutes ago
34. He was awakened by the Russian soldier shaking him by the shoulder, and realized they were pulling into the makeshift Warsaw terminal
35. “It is my business and I’m not anyone’s sister! These people need peace and quiet!” she said and pulled back the curtain to reveal a cluster of makeshift beds, cots and matresses filled with people
36. And with that, she returned inside to the makeshift bed chamber posing as a nursing station
37. Colling handed Helga the gown over the top of the makeshift screen, and in a few moments the maid announced that he could tell Hermann to bring the soup
38. A makeshift sedan-chair was produced and they whirled her around the encampment in a wild and joyful festival of thanksgiving
39. The makeshift sedan chair, made only for one occupant now held two
40. He glanced skillfully at notes he nearly memorized, notes he had spread before him on his makeshift podium
41. Buffo shifted to his side of the makeshift podium and stared at the would-be disrupter
42. Once my eyes adjusted I looked around at was apparently a makeshift headquarters
43. the end of the road, and at the makeshift entrance to Sector6, a
44. They both sat entombed within the belly of their makeshift hut
45. lines of makeshift oars rowed on although the plants had no
46. Meanwhile, a solitary figure with no means of enjoying the sunset was huddled and asleep on a makeshift bed awaiting his fate
47. “Over there,” he pointed to an abandoned makeshift town
48. hand and led her to the makeshift town
49. composting toilet and a makeshift shower
50. back up off the makeshift bench