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Jessie's eyes slowly opened, having a hard time adjusting to the darkness around her.
So as well as adjusting to the time difference from England, there's the different rhythm to the day.
The car comes very well equipped and the self adjusting xenon headlights are powerful.
We don't have the benefit of previewing and adjusting our layouts before considering them acceptable for finalization.
She started titivating, moving the furniture slightly, adjusting the curtains.
He turned and continued his pacing along the windward side of the quarterdeck, easily adjusting his stride to the pitch and roll of the ship.
The rap against him is he makes mistakes in coverage and has trouble adjusting on the fly.
Stripping out exceptionals and adjusting for onerous lease contracts, profits fell.
So you pull them out, fiddle with them, and replace them, adjusting the rest of the poem to suit.
He is adjusting his portfolio away from consumer stocks and financials and into general industrials.
Moving, loosening or adjusting door springs must be done by a garage door serviceperson.
I'm adjusting my diet but it may be time to go nag the doctor for a change of medication.
You'll learn the basics, including turning, stopping, adjusting your bindings and, of course, picking yourself up when you fall.
Transfer to a bowl and stir in the vinegar and olive oil, adjusting flavours to your taste.
You can achieve consistent results by adjusting the length of your backswing and your swing speed.
This means that an individual animal could learn from their experiences by adjusting or adding to its hard-wiring.
Without leaving her lips alone, he reached down to turn on the shower, expertly adjusting the water.
Once upstairs, Alana led her mother to the bed and tucked her in, adjusting the pillow and leaving the remote control to the TV in her reach.
Throughout the evening, Patterson plays the mother hen, encouraging the kids' performances, moving a lighting rig here, adjusting a mic there.
You're adjusting to a lot of changes, and it's not easy to accept a stepdad and stepsister.
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He rubbed his eyes, looked again, adjusting his observation by a cross-staff which had been placed so as to bear upon the point.
At z is a wedge for adjusting the spreader w so as to keep it close to the saw whatever the diameter of the latter may be.
Then, adjusting his eyeglass in a leisurely manner, he walked out of the room.
The lever is for straightening the plane iron, and the screw s is for adjusting the depth of the cut.
The enemy was spraddled on his stomach, legs apart, adjusting his body to steady his weapon.
Carefully adjusting the drips from the lubricator, he set them to give a more liberal supply than was usual.
Brett was adjusting his oxygen mask with one hand and gripping a paralo-ray gun tightly with the other.
But he proves his insincerity by adjusting his wage scale on the estimate that the guests will pass money to his employees!
Was nearly half the day in adjusting the line of collimation in the telescopic sights of my theodolite.
On new wire, when I fix my compensator, I usually have an adjusting screw on the lead to lever.
The monochord has a movable bridge, therefore some time is lost in adjusting it in order to get the different tones.
I thought she put her hand to her throat, although the next moment she was only adjusting the ruching at her neck.
Automatically, his eyes were adjusting themselves to the brightness, focusing themselves to meet the increased distance of objects.
Rebecca's gifts had not been discovered save by the few, during the first year, when she was adjusting herself quietly to the situation.
Presently the honoured parent appeared to be adjusting some instrument like a great corkscrew.
He opened the kit bag and oiled his wheel, putting graphite on the chain and adjusting the bearings.
Again adjusting his sights he took a long-range shot at a distant machine-gun crew to his right.
This he did, and Longworth, again adjusting his eyeglass, read it.
He had a monocle in his right eye which he kept adjusting nervously.
Meanwhile, Ned had unslung his glasses and was adjusting them to his eyes.
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