There was a light at the back of the building and she rapped on the glass hoping someone would hear. |
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He rapped on the door once, and it opened to reveal a wizened old woman carrying a cord with knots in it. |
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He rapped gently upon the door, and it was opened by a tall, freckled boy with dirty blonde hair. |
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Brass lettering spelled SUPERINTENDENT on it, and Spade rapped loudly on the wood. |
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She rapped the solid oak door three times, before turning the golden handle and entering the stuffy room. |
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Senior police officers have been rapped for not keeping a close eye on batches of seized cocaine and heroin. |
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Whatever opinion I may have is going to be drowned out by the sound of a wooden spoon being rapped sharply on the side of a mixing bowl. |
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Separately, Byrne was rapped on the knuckles by the Dublin District Court for holding illegal teenage discos in the West Stand. |
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The Honourable Sir Ralph Mountharten sharply rapped his meerschaum pipe against the surface of his mahogany writing desk. |
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Charlie shifted in her seat and rapped her fingers nervously on the armrest of her chair. |
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When I was done packing, I went downstairs and rapped smartly on their front door. |
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He clipped the ropes to the new anchors, rapped and unstuck the ropes and prussiced back up to the anchors. |
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Without dismounting, he drew his broadsword and rapped the hilt against the gate. |
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Last night, while I read on the chesterfield, he rapped on the window to ask me about something. |
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He attempted to sweep the second ball he faced, but was rapped on the pad and Asad Rauf gave him out. |
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But when the going gets tough, the tough get going and in the final ten minutes they rapped over three points to earn victory. |
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The teacher rapped on the chalkboard with a yardstick, making some of the kids fall out of their desk comically. |
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After this was done he moved to the coffin and rapped on the lid three times. |
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At that moment Peach looked their way and rapped on the table with a jeweled rod. |
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She had reached the door to her mother's room, and gently rapped on it until she called out. |
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The door was locked, but he rapped on it softly for several minutes and finally it swung open. |
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Pat anxiously rapped on each of the windows, concerned that occupants of the home might have been trapped inside. |
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Janet followed Bill to the basement window, where Bill jumped lightly into the window well and rapped on the window. |
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I rapped my knuckles on the splintering wood twice, paused, and knocked again once. |
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She rapped the ruler even harder on my desk and returned to the blackboard and continued talking about parabolas. |
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She didn't look up until he had ascended the porch steps and rapped his knuckles on the railing. |
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He rapped his walking stick hard on the dirty cobblestone path, three times in quick succession. |
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At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, he was rapped by Bazay for criticizing the selection of freestyle skier Jean-Luc Brassard as Canada's flag-bearer. |
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Probably someone was rapped over the knuckles for not observing the difference between the two concepts. |
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But the regulator also rapped her over the knuckles about inefficiencies at Dublin and Shannon airports. |
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Health chiefs have been rapped on the knuckles after deciding to axe services at a Bishopstoke hospital a year earlier than planned. |
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Rick and Derek rapped down to the ledge, pulled the ropes, set up the next rappel, and started down again. |
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He took 2-37 and then rapped out 61 off only 36 balls with 12 fours as his side won by seven wickets. |
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When the man didn't seem to notice, Joey rapped on the counter hard. |
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As more rappers caught onto the trend, and rapped about it, the dance shifted to the mainstream. |
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The one good thing Christie delivered was the section on bipartisanship, where he sort of rapped the knuckles of his own party. |
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I screamed as someone rapped on my window with their knuckles. |
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I caught him after his autograph session, as he chomped on a hot dog, rapped with passing fans and friends, and accepted two gift baseball caps, which he wore simultaneously. |
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Standard Life has been rapped over the knuckles by the Financial Ombudsman for turning down claims by policyholders who got their weight wrong on application forms. |
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She let out an annoyed growl and rapped her knuckle against the window. |
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Sara rapped on my desk loudly and interrupted our conversation. |
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She quickly stepped over him and rapped on Jack and Michael's door. |
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That was until someone rapped on her door and her eyes open, the sun glaring into the window like a cop with a flashlight going to a car full of drunken teens. |
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With a style that was influenced by jazz, soul, reggae, and dub, she rapped lyrics and rhymes that addressed the misogynist attitude of her male peers. |
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He lightly rapped his knuckles on the passenger window of the lone car. |
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Many of the more affluent youth, who had access to learning English, rapped in that language, mixing American vernacular and phrasing into their music. |
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Daimon rapped on the cold glass and fogged it with her breath. |
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I walked downstairs in a towel and rapped on the front desk. |
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As late as the 1960s, children at school had their knuckles rapped, or even their hand tied behind their back, if they showed a preference for the left. |
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In Britain, some banks have been rapped over the knuckles by regulators for selling unsuitably risky investments to retail clients. |
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When I was not here on a previous occasion I was rapped over the knuckles for not being here. |
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Now, I think they were a bit rapped over the knuckles, and there are signs in both languages. |
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Vietnam Plus, a sister unit of the state-run Vietnam News agency, has broadcast its first rapped news bulletin. |
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Gales of wind rapped against the windows, making extremely loud noises. |
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When I see them smile and then, all of a sudden stop and raise an eyebrow, it means that they didn't like what I rapped? |
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The European commission rapped Hungary, an EU member state, for cutting off its so-called reverse flow supplies to Ukraine. |
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Some of the public rapped people on the knuckles this year because they had a five-and-a-half-inch gillnet in a blackback fishery. |
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We were recently rapped on the knuckles by the Commission regarding this matter. |
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The NDP applauded this initiative but, unfortunately, the minister was rapped on the knuckles by the Prime Minister's office. |
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Namibia is going through rapped steps of vast progress in what seems to us a shortening period of time. |
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She curled her fingers into a fist and rapped on the window. |
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We need to work together to come up with a new program so that Canada is not rapped on the knuckles and told it is subsidizing softwood lumber. |
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High energy, powerfully constructed rhythms storm through the tracks as sung, spoken and rapped words encourage the listener along. |
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Vernon, an excellent hitter who had won the 1946 batting title with a.353 mark, rapped two singles in four at-bats against Joe Coleman, including a bunt. |
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The dark-haired boy rapped on the strange panel with his knuckles. |
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Franki took a spoon and rapped Bridget over the head with it sharply. |
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Natalie Portman The black swan Oscar winner rapped on SNL with The Lonely Island. |
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In the early 20th century, a number of papers that claimed to be independent were rapped on the knuckles for being too soft on whichever party was in power. |
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He rapped the blade against the window and demanded she get out but she set off the car alarm before driving away. |
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Finally, when the pack contains smaller products individually rapped such as cookies or small cheeses, the label must be printed on the main pack and the expiration date must be printed on each individual product rapping. |
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A health club has been rapped by advertising watch-dogs for implying one of their doctors was a plastic surgeon. |
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No doubt he will have his knuckles rapped this afternoon. |
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Lecture concluded, we rapped upon the giant portal that opens up onto rue du Pied de la Vallée in Volnay to meet Etienne de Montille for our appointment. |
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Related: Cameron's warning on Labour's £3,000 'tax rise' is shot down by IFS It is not the first time that the prime minister has had his knuckles rapped. |
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Signs of weakness Shrink rapped The final chapter? |
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In September, on a visit to Beijing to report to the mainland leaders, Ms Chan was publicly rapped over the knuckles by the Chinese vice-premier, Qian Qichen. |
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There is a GP practice in Kingston, round the corner from where I live, which has recently been rapped over the knuckles for deregistering 48 elderly patients in a care home. |
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China's and Russia's knuckles are regularly rapped over their own records in this respect, and the Chinese have vested interests in the Burmese junta. |
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The Algonquins of Pikogan come to mind, but I could also be talking about the aboriginals from Obedjiwan and the Innu, who were also rapped on the knuckles to teach them right from wrong when they were children. |
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On a makeshift stage, Kanye West rapped at full volume. |
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Quite often, it was not even known that the young Indians had their hair cut or that they were rapped on the knuckles for speaking Algonquin, Cree or other languages. |
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It is considered poor manners to engage in discussion of controversial subjects, act boisterously, spontaneously propose toasts, or talk after the PMC has called for attention or rapped for order. |
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A posse of Wiggaz rapped about da thug life outfitted in the bangingest, blinge blingingest ghetto superstar gear available at the Ocean County Mall. |
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