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1. He hadn't eaten since that little roll on the run the day before, and he had to return home and rummage all thru the house to find enough change for anything at all
2. Jotting down notes here and there, he asked a few more questions and then dismissed us to go rummage through the care packages and mail that finally made it into the city with the resupply convoy
3. ” She hung up quickly and began to rummage her closets for the correct thing to wear when meeting a black racist who held her life in his hands
4. He turned though once before starting to rummage through the thickset leaves and lush bushes all around, and asked Amonas:
5. Give me a moment to rummage for it
6. Ren and Jane rummage through your wardrobe
7. Not knowing where it landed he felt the old man’s hand rummage around his feet, he
8. I moved a few pieces of timber from the doorway and walked into the shell of the station and began to rummage around to see if I could find any ‘souvenirs’ as the soldiers called anything lying around
9. Jeff continued to rummage through Sheila’s drawers, looking for anything significant about the research study
10. My room was some kind of rummage sale with flowers, lace cloths and kitschy little statues
11. On weekends, he and his wife would rummage through garage sales, hoping of find wooden things that could be refinished
12. Therein, you have to keep a lookout while I rummage
13. The man sat on the exhausted woman and started to rummage for the key with one hand, as the other one was dangling numbly behind him
14. Around about that time, one Saturday morning, while Liberty was in Sydney, shopping and lunching with Aureole, Adam had a rummage around his garage looking for something, when he came across his journal
15. Zeke had another rummage in the pile of junk in the corner of his shed and produced an old, two bar, electric heater
16. “Thank you,” Wickland said, then immediately began to rummage through the tray
17. She too had a rummage around, without success
18. She threw open the trunk, and started to rummage around inside it
19. No one would rummage around a pile of clinical waste to find his overalls
20. Without a word he turns in his seat and begins to rummage through the makeshift sack for his armor
21. to rummage through Omar's closet until she found another box
22. I open the box and start to rummage through the contents only to be disturbed by the sound of the door closing behind me
23. As I rummage through the letters that was placed upon the table in the front room I see one with the post mark from France
24. "If I said yes to one of the guys who asked me—" I let my voice trail off as I rummage through the dresses
25. Mary spun in her seat as Johnny proceed to rummage around in the cart to reappear with one of the flagons and a small sack of flour
26. rummage through the charity shops for a bargain?’
27. The store was little more than a massive rummage
28. Well, last week, when I finally got to the point where I wasn't tripping over unpacked boxes on the way to the bathroom, AND I could find my underwear without having to rummage through two carrier bags and a suitcase, I decided to invite my new neighbours over
29. He was quiet and still didn’t look at her as he continued to rummage around in the box
30. I have to rummage around in the moss before I manage to find it
31. ” Megan said with a sniff and went to rummage around the kitchen
32. Colt slung his pack off and started to rummage through it
33. After refreshing themselves and changing, the newly initiated citizens tend to rummage through their packs, bags, and boxes to remove the few sentimental items they carried across the Wastelands
34. Cups was a very curious little boy and sometimes when he came to visit, if Celeste wasn’t home, he would rummage through her things
35. After a grand rummage three of the missing articles were found, one over the bird cage, one covered with ink, and a third burned brown, having been used as a holder
36. "Excellently well, we will haf it," answered the Professor, smiling to himself as he paid for it, while Jo continued to rummage the counters like a confirmed bargain-hunter
37. Sitting down behind the large mahogany desk, he didn’t look at them straight away but instead chose to rummage through several files and find his glasses from his faded pinstriped suit
38. He began to rummage through the bundle that he had tied to the rail, out of the damp
39. I rummage in my purse, pop an aspirin in my mouth, and crunch it to dispel headache residue
40. They continued to hold meetings, rummage and jumble sales, entertainments and special services
41. The Distress Committee was not the only body pretending to `deal' with the poverty `problem': its efforts were supplemented by all the other agencies already mentioned - the Labour Yard, the Rummage Sales, the Organized Benevolence Society, and so on, to say nothing of a most benevolent scheme originated by the management of Sweater's Emporium, who announced in a letter that was published in the local Press that they were prepared to employ fifty men for one week to carry sandwich boards at one shilling - and a loaf of bread - per day
42. One evening in the drawing-room at `The Cave' there was a meeting of a number of the `Shining Lights' to arrange the details of a Rummage Sale, that was to be held in aid of the unemployed
43. The arrival of the other members of the committee put an end to the interesting discussion, and they shortly afterwards proceeded with the business for which the meeting had been called - the arrangements for the forthcoming Rummage Sale
44. There were rumours that the Soup Kitchen would be reopened at an early date for the sale of `nourishment', and charitable persons began to talk of Rummage Sales and soup tickets
45. was some funny story about the jealous old husband what was it at all and an oyster knife he went no he made her wear a kind of a tin thing round her and the prince of Wales yes he had the oyster knife cant be true a thing like that like some of those books he brings me the works of Master Francois Somebody supposed to be a priest about a child born out of her ear because her bumgut fell out a nice word for any priest to write and her a—e as if any fool wouldnt know what that meant I hate that pretending of all things with that old blackguards face on him anybody can see its not true and that Ruby and Fair Tyrants he brought me that twice I remember when I came to page 5 o the part about where she hangs him up out of a hook with a cord flagellate sure theres nothing for a woman in that all invention made up about he drinking the champagne out of her slipper after the ball was over like the infant Jesus in the crib at Inchicore in the Blessed Virgins arms sure no woman could have a child that big taken out of her and I thought first it came out of her side because how could she go to the chamber when she wanted to and she a rich lady of course she felt honoured H R H he was in Gibraltar the year I was born I bet he found lilies there too where he planted the tree he planted more than that in his time he might have planted me too if hed come a bit sooner then I wouldnt be here as I am he ought to chuck that Freeman with the paltry few shillings he knocks out of it and go into an office or something where hed get regular pay or a bank where they could put him up on a throne to count the money all the day of course he prefers plottering about the house so you cant stir with him any side whats your programme today I wish hed even smoke a pipe like father to get the smell of a man or pretending to be mooching about for advertisements when he could have been in Mr Cuffes still only for what he did then sending me to try and patch it up I could have got him promoted there to be the manager he gave me a great mirada once or twice first he was as stiff as the mischief really and truly Mrs Bloom only I felt rotten simply with the old rubbishy dress that I lost the leads out of the tails with no cut in it but theyre coming into fashion again I bought it simply to please him I knew it was no good by the finish pity I changed my mind of going to Todd and Bums as I said and not Lees it was just like the shop itself rummage sale a lot of trash I hate those rich shops get on your nerves nothing kills me altogether only he thinks he knows a great lot about a womans dress and cooking mathering everything he can scour off the shelves into it if I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a weddingcake standing up miles off my head he said suited me or the dishcover one coming down on my backside on pins and needles about the shopgirl in that place in Grafton street I had the misfortune to bring him into and she as insolent as ever she could be with her smirk saying Im afraid were giving you too much trouble what shes there for but I stared it out of her yes he was awfully stiff and no wonder but he changed the second time he looked Poldy pigheaded as usual like the soup but I could see him looking very hard at my chest when he stood up to open the door for me it was nice of him to show me out in any case Im extremely sorry Mrs Bloom believe me without making it too marked the first time after him being insulted and me being supposed to be his wife I just half smiled I know my chest was out that way at the door when he said Im extremely sorry and Im sure you were
46. I had to rummage through my bag to find my reading glasses, and then after answering questions and scanning my passport it suggested I triple my mileage for $108
47. Though the couple appears to be very spiritual and live what is in some ways a monastic existence, the only time they ever go to church is when there is a rummage sale
48. At recreation hours it suffices to have a ball roll aside, to send them all hither, in spite of prohibitions, to hunt and rummage for it all about here
49. Moreover, the Jondrette woman continued to rummage
50. I reeled back and drifted with the clamor of boots to see elbows shoving about in the rummage for Mumm's as against Twelvetrees bubbly
1. Normally when she came over for lunch they rummaged the kitchen and took their booty to the fourteenth floor balcony on the far side of this yacht basin
2. He rummaged in the confused pile of junk that filled their lower floor until he came up with an ornate stein with a wooden handle bound on with leather
3. Plassan as they rummaged around in the near dark
4. Coach Grouse rummaged through his coaching bag and
5. darkness of the arena’s north wall Roman rummaged through the toolboxes and
6. The only video action was when one of the girls, who was round-faced with cute dimples on her cheeks and curly brown hair, rummaged in the bag and then put it back blocking the whole lens completely
7. He rummaged through his father’s bedside table and found a Swiss army knife with about a million blades on it
8. He rummaged through one of them, coming up with two more boxes of ammunition
9. Rosemary rummaged in her hand bag
10. Two grabbed her arms, while the other two rummaged through her pockets and more personal places
11. We rummaged through Roy’s desk, and discovered an
12. The boy lurched to a stop, hunkered over a trash can, and rummaged through it
13. She grabbed it, then rummaged through the drawers
14. Amaranthe snorted as she rummaged through the ore bin
15. Back down in the kitchen Alex rummaged in a cabinet, pulling out a thick plastic shopping bag
16. Running back to the canteen, he rummaged through the stuff Troy and Lee had collected earlier
17. “No shit,” she replied as she walked over to the fridge, opened it and rummaged about
18. His eyes took in the bottles of rum visible as Howard-Smythe rummaged in a drawer for some suitable booze holders
19. Jalesow waited impatiently while Colling opened his suitcase and rummaged until he found his coat and put it on
20. Sasaki rummaged through the remains of her house and pulled out a
21. I rummaged through drawers while Shamansky checked the closet, but no sign of the headphones
22. As he carried Parker to the other bedroom, she rummaged
23. He rummaged around in the weeks, retrieving Mike’s front bumper
24. ” Doc rummaged around in the box
25. David sat on a chair as Laura rummaged in the cupboard again and took out a
26. As we talked, Roy rummaged about in the generous top drawer of his desk and came up with a neatly typed page that had guided him through that final negotiation session that resulted in my being hired
27. “How can you have arranged such an elaborate surprise, when I’m practically aware of your every thought?” he laughed as he rummaged through a chest of clothing
28. Court carefully rummaged in his B-4 bag
29. taking in the scene, the old one spoke almost immediately to Leah, as she rummaged through
30. The game rummaged on and on, with no
31. Corvus went off to the armoury as Athene rummaged through the cupboards eventually finding the means to start the fire and she was delighted when she discovered a large stockpile of provisions
32. With every job the stakes got higher and when, on one occasion her misleading intentions were discovered by her mark as she rummaged through his strong box, she was required to fight for her life and Zerch ever near had needed to rescue her
33. She even spotted a cat-box and Tress found herself wondering what possible magic could such an item contain that it warranted a space in Tamar’s armoury? Sorus rummaged through the piles of items talking away to himself, eventually pulling out a long bolt of woven cloth from amongst a pile of banners,
34. Sorus rummaged through several further areas of the room eventually pulling out a crystal-cut vial of liquid, he had also retrieved several small pots and handed them all over to Tress
35. There was no choice, she rapidly rummaged through her pouches until she found the ring then slipped it over each of her fingers until she found the best fit
36. Her eyes followed his movements as he rummaged through the mess of the room eventually finding the diamonds that he sought, he had only been considering his own escape
37. Montana tossed Austin a condom and rummaged the room for some lube while he put it on
38. "Yes, you will," Zoe replied as she turned and rummaged through some clothing that was stacked against the wall in the unfinished bedroom
39. ” He rummaged in his gym bag and pulled out a six-pack of Cokes
40. had a breakfast sausage sticking out of his mouth as he rummaged
41. I set her on the bed and rummaged through
42. Walt rummaged through his col ection of necklaces
43. He rummaged in his fob pocket and produced a florin and a leer
44. Ben rummaged through a trunk in the adjoining room
45. „Hungry?" Jon rummaged in his bag and brought out the best fish and chips I have ever smelled and a large bottle of cola
46. What, diff’rently, could I have done? Then, watched in utter disbelief as Lord Viliho grabbed the Book! He rummaged through
47. She rummaged around under the counter and gave Ram a big carrier bag full of packages, wrapped up in paper so he could not quite see what was inside them
48. She rummaged in the fridge until she found a slice of ham and
49. He rummaged through his pockets
50. He rummaged through the kitchen drawer, found a bottle opener, flipped the top off the bottle and took a long drink
1. he pul out its handle and rummages with him
2. She rummages in her bag for a few seconds and pulls out a small box
3. Hani then rummages in his backpack and pulls out a pocket Bible: "Because envy can completely consume a person and cause so much damage, God lists it as a sin in the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament: 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's
4. Leaning under the counter he rummages around and pulls out a crumpled supermarket plastic bag
5. She comments as he rummages through his footlocker, “Is this the area you sleep in?”
6. Harold rummages in his filthy trousers, breathing hard behind his mask
7. Anísya (rummages in her box and grumbles)
1. She heard him rummaging about as she entered the kitchen
2. no, don't think so", replied Terry, after a few seconds rummaging through bubble gum cards filled with the faces of the rich and famous
3. rummaging through bubble gum cards filled with the faces of the
4. rummaging though their lockers, sorting through the odds and ends
5. Alistair returned to his rummaging
6. ” He got up and began rummaging in the cabinets
7. Chiggeed the feast-master was already out in the woods as Afternoonday began, along with two bowmen and a bolt-bearer, hunting a theirops that was rumored to be rummaging around up past Napar
8. Rummaging over a dead body is one thing, but
9. Bent over, her naked backside white, nearly transparent in the lamplight, she finally stopped rumMaging through the room
10. Then, after rummaging through all the clothes in the trunk, I picked out two light blue shirts
11. 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
12. After rinsing his mouth he made his way back to the bedroom and sat at the desk, rummaging around in the drawers until he found some paper and a pencil
13. He clearly had no problem at all rummaging in Worth’s head
14. Then rummaging around in the cupboards, she came up with a large jar of instant coffee
15. He produced a sodden wallet, plopped it onto Gordon’s desktop and resumed rummaging
16. Bear and Mason started rummaging through the stuff that had been stored away in nooks and crannies in what he called a home
17. Rummaging blindly, his frozen hand found the torch
18. Ethan found the crowbar, while Andy was rummaging about in another side of the room, as if sorting something by hand
19. I could see her rummaging around in the glove compartment, down by the seat and in the side pockets of the doors
20. her early thirties; her jeans and jacket were caked in mud, and she was rummaging
21. asked, rummaging through some papers at the side of the bed
22. “He began rummaging on about how strange it was that I moved around with a stake in my pocket, waiting for jealousy to possess me
23. could hear the rummaging of tools and equipment echo from
24. They finished rummaging through the maintenance closet and locked it up again
25. After some time rummaging about he eventually produced a red crystal from his stash, which he promptly cracked on the saddle pommel
26. his seat, rummaging in the saddlebags and set out our meal
27. ” He disappears into the little hut for a moment, and I can hear him rummaging about
28. Gomes heard him rummaging through a drawer then he came back into the living room and held up the key to the padlock and handed it across to the Colonel
29. she dreaded her sisters’ ridicule, was devastated once while rummaging secretly in a sister’s bedroom desk to read a note saying:
30. Elaine grabbed my glass from the patio table and poured another drink for me, then scooted into the cooking area and begain rummaging about the cupboards and refridgerator
31. ‖ More rummaging produced several cans of beans, corn, sliced pineapple and a dozen cans of sardines
32. They heard some rummaging around before
33. Greg was in his EVA suit rummaging through the cargo when the call came
34. Sally moved around him as she chatted and collected his back-pack then, finally settling down, she squatted on one of the logs, rummaging through his belongings
35. After some rummaging in a roofless outbuilding, he discovered some old, rusty tools with which he managed to exchange the two corrupted wheels for the two spares that were indeed the correct size for the bike
36. Poor guy, he was probably arrested while rummaging through garbage
37. " Jose started rummaging through his small white backpack that was filled with various disguises he had brought from Florida
38. Then he took a pair of handcuffs he had found while rummaging, and handcuffed the leg of the chair Sally was sitting on and attached it to the dinner table
39. He'd found a small box containing various electronic components, bits of wire, glue, ends of string, and coins, and while rummaging through the contents of the box, he had managed to find a handful of fuses which looked like the right type for the Scooter
40. Rummaging through the contents of the shelves, he smiled to himself as he found a roll of thin metal wire, and, walking back to the safe, he broke off a length of wire and held it between his hands
41. He could be heard rummaging around and
42. Rummaging through the haphazard stack of old boxes, I finally find what I’m looking for
43. I’m rummaging through my goods for a change of clothing, figuring a dip in the harbor will do me well, when I see Svensen staring alternately at me and at his watch
44. and began rummaging around his backside in an attempt to locate the frisky piece of wood that had lodged itself in his plump bottom
45. desk, touched her finger to the electronic display desktop, and started rummaging through all the documents and files
46. started rummaging through it for anything else he could steal
47. Tim eventually found it, after much rummaging, when Christian could have gone straight to it, had he been brave enough
48. She took the liberty of rummaging in a hall closet and found a gray tunic and a towel and washcloth
49. He enjoyed rummaging around to see what challenges the box contained for him
50. Riley Little sat in the office, rummaging deep into her brain for the names of the children she use to mentor