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1. He saw what she had now, another scrap of paper that Ava said was useless, the last in that folder
2. There was nothing else in Herndon's folder but a scrap of scratch paper and a blank copy of the storage contract
3. John looks in confusion at a scrap of paper in his hand
4. He noticed that the map was an eye-copy of an old handwritten scrap of paper, more evidence that there was plenty of money involved in this deal
5. The Brazilians had no need to steal, they could buy everything they wanted with any scrap piece of dinnerware from their ship
6. That crate could contain four tons of scrap hospital carts, office furniture, robotic appliances
7. Four tons of scrap aluminum
8. Wedged between the metal and the porcelain there was a small scrap of folded paper
9. The ladies on the wall ate with frightening enthusiasm, enjoying every scrap, and then they ordered more which they slipped into carrier bags standing by their knees
10. I lay what I have out on the table trying to glean some scrap of information
11. Davie guesses the boiler was sold for scrap
12. A quick-drawn sign on a scrap of plank pointed downstairs under the porch for free klizhorn nymphs, lively and quick-witted
13. The bureaucrats always thought every scrap of paper with writing on it had to be saved and a bureaucratic post established to oversee every ton with the requisite senior and oversight councils over them
14. watch, and the other man carefully wrapped the watch in a scrap of
15. I have to dispose of a large amount of scrap
16. The claw would also move the scrap leaving the aeroplane clear for further demolition
17. Scrap companies buy the old airframes and drag them to a remote corner of the airport to chop them up and shred them
18. It only took 45 minutes before the sophisticated machine was in sections of scrap ready for shredding
19. ’ The outlaw took a quick look at the scrap of
20. Sadly when the price of gold or silver reached great heights people would sell the case for scrap and sometimes keep the movements or sell them via the Internet
21. He had dried some Hazel leaves and some mint, chopped it up and was now rolling it in a scrap of paper
22. She had left some other useless bits of scrap like that little fabricator and a lot of the crystal too heavily contaminated in the reunification battle to even recycle
23. Before Andrastus could object, I used a scrap of sailcloth to collect stones from the beach, knotted it with the cord that bound my hair, and stepped into the forest
24. Her second stick of charcoal was worn down to a scrap again, having flown across the
25. have survived the fall from Scylla’s cliff, to have washed upon some scrap of beach after they’d been blown out of the channel, to have tracked her all the way to Ithaca
26. “Well, I was there, I was part of that scrap
27. It would be improper to relight the fire from Tragus’s lamp or brazier, so she went outside with a scrap of tinder and a copper knife
28. The tracks were taken up and sold as scrap, while the rail beds gradually were covered by development in the cities or by the overgrowth of nature
29. Paul would give me his leftover scrap material
30. “That’s fine young man nice and steady I must admit you had us a bit worried when you arrived I pulled a lot of scrap metal out of you and a couple of bullets it’s a wonder that you didn’t rattle like ironmongers cart”, and he smiled at his joke
31. Not a scrap
32. Producing a scrap of cloth, he slowly extended his arm, bearing it, to C-zar
33. mysterious scrap from Jacob and looked at it more closely
34. about how I got the scrap of paper, and how it had caused the most recent troubles
35. number on the scrap of paper
36. I started to give her the bare details, but about two minutes into my recitation, I found myself telling her everything, even about the scrap of paper that I had withheld from
37. Also—” she fished out a scrap of paper she had written on that morning, “—this is my address
38. All laws must be upheld until such time as parliament or the courts scrap those laws
39. I went to the counter and picked up a scrap of paper with my new business number on it
40. It was just a scrap of paper with some nearly illegible handwriting
41. Mountains of raw ore, scrap metal, and coal created snow-covered hills, and she led Books, Akstyr, and Maldynado into the valleys
42. “Look what I found,” said Nibbles, holding up a scrap of cloth
43. “Right over here,” said Nibbles, but Bru just grabbed at the scrap of cloth and shoved it into his bush jacket pocket
44. In documents obtained by The Canadian News Service, it was found that several radioactive devices wound up in landfills, or in the hands of scrap metal dealers
45. It was a sprawling complex of warehouses, machine shops, assembly areas, repair areas, scrap and storage areas, barracks, officer’s quarters, and finally the aerodrome
46. It was almost seven thirty, and I still had not done a thing about trying to meet Langdon"s criteria of finding a new scrap of evidence
47. Mia cornered Freddy, who had stolen a scrap he had found near the bin
48. On the way out of here, his ship would be towing one humongous pile of scrap metal
49. He was salvaging scrap metal
50. She sat wringing the scrap of cloth in her intertwined fingers, lamenting the dear departed
1. ‘I’ve scrapped the nunnery idea, Sarah
2. He found a stick and scrapped off the three inch
3. Dragging him along by his feet, his body scrapped along the tarmac towards the large concrete warehouse
4. " Bones scrapped that scene, and
5. As a result, the library had experimented briefly with a selection of daily newspapers, but had quickly scrapped the idea after discovering that these were read even less frequently than the books
6. scrapped, PACMA also demanded that it no longer be promoted as an event of National
7. He scrapped it and saw a smal
8. Or did the Machinmas scrapped that rule when I was
9. scrapped her, but hit enough so that she would bleed to death
10. The cab flipped and flew a few hundred feet forward and scrapped against the
11. As there had been been a lot of opposition to this construction by environmental groups the original plans for the runway extension were scrapped in 1989
12. as she could with her scrapped gown, Rochelle knew her life with
13. His fangs scrapped along her flesh and in one swift movement he penetrated
14. Four eyes were so many eyes to look at me; and to the overuse of eyes joined also the scarcity of his words, this inconsistency in eyes and words made me feel as a scrapped, contemptible and unworthy human being
15. It picked up all the dead moon bugs, and all the dirt they cleaned and scrapped off the moon
16. Then, because most people think nude is rude, they’d create a fuss, call the cops, and the rest of the program would be scrapped in case I was a child molester, and I’d be out of a job!’
17. Gautam went on a shopping spree for the scrapped chemical equipment and accessories in the junk markets of Ahmedabad and Bombay
18. Both spirits were dragged away, screaming and hollering as their faces scrapped the rocky ground
19. So I would try to determine the disposition of a lot, then have it scrapped, reworked, or released
20. It is a good thing that Evelyn Sharp acted on your suggestion at the end of the war and secretly stockpiled reserves of equipment and supplies that would have otherwise been destroyed or scrapped in the Philippines as surplus
21. Those M20 armored cars were part of the materiel that the 99th Wing shouldn’t possess according to official lists, but which had been kept from the vast surplus of equipment and supplies due to be officially scrapped or disposed of at the end of World War Two
22. After much discussion, the plaster idea was scrapped
23. My tanks and guns were mostly either scrapped or simply abandoned in the jungles of the Pacific, and this because of the lack of funds to allow for their proper mothballing
24. point that they decide that the entire idea has to be scrapped
25. The bottom of their rowboat soon scrapped against the silt and sand of the island of Jeufosse, a small island in the middle of the Seine River that covered maybe sixty hectares of surface
26. If not, I stil promised you that it wil not be scrapped:
27. I briefly thought about hanging all over Remy and completely ignoring the Fey to see how he would react but I scrapped that idea almost immediately because the end results would likely go one of two ways
28. mains of a crime scene they had it scrapped for parts and sent to
29. 'The whole program was scrapped once news of the doomsday-bots reached the investors
30. The project ultimately flopped within a few weeks and was scrapped
31. "Segall states that a deep groove has been scrapped into the top of this slab
32. “Just like the lightening I have here!" He scrapped the wires together again and the sparks appeared all the brighter and more ominous in the darkened room
33. Since the interior was the remains of a crime scene they had it scrapped for parts and sent to the crusher somewhere down in Arizona where it would never be found
34. out of the hanger and scrapped
35. I think it has glanced off his blade-bone, that is, scrapped down the bone itself and come out near the skin
36. They should have told me before they loaded it in the furnace, not after half the liners had to be scrapped
37. If a species that is aesthetically ugly and does not evolve into a more aesthetically beautiful form: it is scrapped and goes extinct
38. That night, grieving and alone in a city I didn’t know, a city that had been hostile and unwelcoming since the moment I stepped foot in it, I’d become a wild thing, scrapped all my inhibitions, had sex like I’d never had it before, tried everything I’d ever wanted to try with enormous enthusiasm and not one ounce of self-consciousness
39. That meant many guns which would otherwise have been scrapped were likely to find themselves bored out, rifled, banded, and retained for service, instead
40. By 2009 Cake scrapped its social investing model for one that used academic theories to offer asset allocation advice on mutual funds and 401(k)s
41. Declared a total loss, she will eventually be scrapped
1. In the galleries up above the assembled politicians there was a veritable host of media reporters, who were all fighting and scrapping for the best vantage points
2. As Alastair pounces on his son, Karen announces calmly that we should all move into the dining room as dinner is ready; clearly her menfolk scrapping is a common occurrence …
3. towards the bundle of scrapping youths
4. madly scrapping boys was screaming and shouting in pure,
5. They had a way of scrapping and lunging from the shadows like cornered beasts and even the most seasoned warriors could be caught unaware amid their carelessness
6. He knew we were here, we knew he was there, he knew that we knew that he knew, (et cetera,) and we had been scrapping with them for a few days now
7. We could, after all, require that people not drive a car until it meets emission specifications, maybe even requiring that engines be replaced with newer, clean engines or scrapping the old cars
8. The fourteen year olds hair was short, barely scrapping her shoulders
9. That kept us from putting tons of food on hold or scrapping it
10. He had managed by scrapping the bottom of his drawers to assemble 61 Mitsubishi Ki-21 twin-engine medium bombers, escorted by 43 of the new Nakajima Ki-43 HAYABUSA fighters, which had started to replace the inadequate Ki-27
11. Unfortunately, Europe is still more than ever considered a priority theater and we are presently scrapping together all the units and equipment available in the United States in order to replace our losses in Europe
12. She had seen for herself how rundown the American military had become since the end of the war in 1944, with massive cuts in personnel, deactivations of many units and the scrapping or mothballing of much equipment
13. The prospect of scrapping the fleet horrified the German navy chiefs as it would present the British with a bloodless victory, and be a death sentence to the German Navy
14. Carl, however, yearned for nothing other than dirty scrapping action
15. Scrapping had, historical y, been something that other people engaged in
16. Like the United States, they had to massively demobilize their forces, but showed more common sense than Washington and put in reserve most of their surplus military equipment, ready to be used in case another war came, instead of scrapping planes and vehicles by the tens of thousands
17. A firm grip caught me by one bicep and dragged me scrapping and clawing several yards
18. have no job, nowhere to live, I think my life is scrapping the bottom of the
19. serious when Dad said we were only just scrapping by
20. Bo heard a key scrapping around in the lock and then, with a
21. scrapping and scuffing on the ground
22. Despite these alarms, I had become inconsolable when I saw a television news item about the scrapping of steam locomotives, with hammers and torches tearing out the rivets and cutting up the belly of a boiler to be thrown into the smelting furnace
23. Just both of us scrapping at each other, the way couples do sometimes
24. Rand looked at me as if he had no clue what I was talking about: Scrapping? What is this scrapping of which you speak?
25. “There’s no honor and less loot, scrapping with these savages
26. During a lull in the scrapping, a lone German wandered too near, and we collared him
1. Avoid storing your fire wood or wood scraps next to the house as this could support termites and allow them entrance into the house
2. rat, brown and sleek, scratched at scraps and bare bones in the shadows
3. By piecing together this circumstantial evidence and combining it with a few scraps of intelligence that we gleaned during our interrogations, we also decided that we were currently the guests of Cruce Signati, who held sway along the Thames Valley corridor and down in the deep heart of the South West
4. The kids did the best they could to keep themselves to themselves and to fill their half starved bellies with scraps and leftovers from take aways and half finished fry-ups
5. Over the last few scraps of pizza, I told her everything
6. to fill their half starved bellies with scraps and leftovers from take
7. He checks the surrounding area for scraps of torn clothing, for personal items, but finds nothing other than puddled boot prints and the tracks of a wheelbarrow tyre
8. There were food scraps and bugs up here when I moved in
9. Chrissie posed, allowing her gaze to wash across the upturned faces in front of her – Sheila, face closed yet unpleasantly appreciative – Mickey and Kev getting into a right going state of excitement – Chas, his eyes stripping off the tiny scraps of fabric clothing her, his hands in his lap, invisible in the shadows – Ozzie, drunk and clapping not quite in time to the music
10. Standing in the blackness out there on the moor, he had heard scraps of phrases in his head as they shovelled the dirt over Chas’s body
11. She ran a magazine shop in the used book arcade, a career that gave her exposure to information scraps of all kinds
12. He found a few scraps of paper with some strange designs made up of rows of little icons
13. scrambling for scraps, the Cure of Saint Madeleine's
14. It was true she’d kept her figure, since she’d spent the voyage eating scraps from Captain Hycron’s table
15. Nerissa heard scraps of the men’s conversation as she poured from a handsome
16. When all the people had gone, the man with the stick would hit me, before throwing a few meager scraps of meat into my cage
17. What looked like scraps of wool were caught in his tangled beard
18. whatever death his tortured thoughts produced, to have her entrails studied before he savored them, to have the few scraps that he didn’t eat tossed out for the ravens, to have to bear the fear of it for weeks, until he settled on a pleasing method… it was unmercifully cruel for the Fates to spin such a bitter end to her hard life
19. “You counting scraps or a proper meal? Because if it’s the latter, it’s been…days at least
20. Meanwhile, Hermes, the little dog, sat at their feet where he received a steady supply of scraps and morsels, and remained the only recipient of Messrs Snickerty and Pinscher's munificence that evening
21. His mouth was already closed, but he somehow remembered his training, letting the last scraps of his breath get sucked forcibly away
22. “Oh yes Sir I’m sure the only thing left of Major Melstone was a few scraps of flesh some pulped bone and blood and a few strips of smouldering uniform which on one piece still had his rank badge
23. Halon started to try and piece together the scraps of information and jigsaw them together
24. Things like, feeding the hens left over dinner scraps, gathering and washing the eggs, and coddling the Easter chicks that Grandpa would buy each year
25. We serving slaves cleared plates and scraps from the table
26. while Stella came running out with a pan of table scraps
27. He bangs the trays on the wall to loosen the food scraps
28. He believed that it was best he gathered what the Pilgrim would share without knowing, and infer whatever knowledge he could from scraps of information alone
29. “She is silk, scraps, an abominations of thought, an I where there ought not
30. A large table occupies that space, covered with tools and scraps of metal and gears and old computer parts and wires
31. There are scraps of paper and footprints on the tile
32. Scraps of iron sheets covered the
33. Noah was a people-lover, the sort of bloke who feasted happily on the scraps and detritus of other people’s lives
34. It was a backwoods dog, raised on table scraps and the chunks of flesh it tore off other animals while their hearts were still beating
35. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor
36. It comes in scraps and floods, but it comes
37. Willing to accept any scraps they could offer just to have them with you
38. the dry scraps of wood onto the ancient wooden torches
39. (This is so there will not be any of the lamb leftover as scraps
40. A cold, blustery wind blew scraps of litter around their ankles as they made
41. Kami then noticed that, in the planter box next to his little guard shack, there was a cat eating scraps of food
42. As Clay walked out with the scraps, the dog stood up and barked fiercely toward the woods
43. For our tales lie here around us, in the scattered scraps of parchment and manuscript the flames have not burnt away
44. Between them it took less than the length of a summer story, perhaps even one for the children, to cover most of the field with wood, ashes and scraps of cloth
45. The servants hurrying to bring bread and root-wine to break their master’s fast, the maids sweeping the floors and preparing the linen to wash, even the restlessness of the castle dogs as they hungered for the few scraps that might fall from the plates and platters
46. slow painful death while we throw our scraps to the birds here on the hills before them
47. Halfdan would sleep in the hall with the fighters, sharing their feasts and endless booze-fests, collecting and saving the scraps of silver that were tossed at him after a good poem
48. He had seen the regimental flags for several regiments, and he had heard scraps of conversation about how this operation was “completely different”
49. teased mercilessly, told that we had to live off of government scraps
50. An old looking condom and a few phone numbers on scraps of napkins