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He dealt in hooks and ropes and wheels, getting bulky objects from here to there
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Then, for an extra tenner each, they got all the remaining hands to grab ropes and haul the crate to where it could be roped to the rockasaur
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"I started under you, remember? Jesus you showed me the ropes for God’s sake
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There were lines of ships and rafts anchored off every lock entry, ropes being paddled in and out, barges being drawn both ways in a complex ballet who's rhythm wasn't obvious at first
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They had to thread ropes around with paddlers from barge to barge to get them untangled
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At this point he wished his boat was a bit smaller so he could duck under the ropes like the kayaks and needleboats did
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There was no way to do that and give it the freeboard for the open lake and still get under these ropes
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Desa knew and went to the boom ropes while Luray unwound the sail
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There were too many ships to sail in some places, and they were moved around by ropes from shore that were carried out by paddlers
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tipping on loosed ropes, spilling screams into the sea,
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There are several boats moored against the harbourside, the walkway strewn with ropes and other seafaring sorts of things … most of which I couldn’t put a name to if I tried
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Trying to keep out of the way of the crew, all rushing around doing totally incomprehensible things very efficiently while Drens directs operations, I duck under some ropes to stand by the rail taking in the scene on the shore
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"I see winches, ropes, pulleys
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The hangman, fearing for his own life, immediately cut the soldier down and untied the ropes that bound his hands and legs
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As we draw level with the barge in question, I see a man about to untie the ropes holding the gangplank to the quay
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soldier down and untied the ropes that bound his hands and legs
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Ropes of all
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The homes were of generous size however and from the amount of laundry showing on the multiple floors of ropes strung across this small canal, probably heavily tenanted
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weighted with heavy stones, and tied with long ropes to tree-stumps
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weighted net impedes its wings, and the ropes tied to the trees prevent
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About thirty feet high and thirty wide with two great portals held open by enormous ropes
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You see once when he was compelled to survey across a lake for the feasibility of a bridge or something or other some engineer had dreamt up, he filled these bladders with air, tied them to ropes with weights dangling from them and had me place them at intervals along the water to assist him in his solving distances or such
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They cut the ropes binding
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It was full of climbing across deep urban canyons on hand-thrown ropes in the dark
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dragon was on the ground, they employed weighted ropes and nets to
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Roman like a wrestler coming off the ropes
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and showed me the ropes from the time I was five
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It was like Tdeshi’s corpse was still hooked up to ropes to animate it, just more advanced technology
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There was even a table where the sides changed and men undressed and performed for women to rope them, again fending off the ropes of those they did not desire, lunging into the ropes of those they did
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He had to fight some urban traffic along the back side of the city, but he kept to the middle and kept the petcock as wide as he dared, slicing between barges and canal ferries, running under tow ropes and making sharp turns in front of terrified stares
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Just pull ropes and crank winches when the deckmaster yells
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Four agents walked over to Roman, picked him up by the cabled ropes that
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When Ulysses did hear the song of the Sirens, he begged his men to untie him so he could go to them, but they tied the ropes more tightly around him and sailed away from the Sirens
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Nonik had roped it in and then strung vines around the ropes
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There was a six story wall of residential space on each side of a canal, the street went thru them on the second floor where it connected with a plank-way hanging above the canal on ropes
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He tightened and tied his ropes and
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ring that is similar to wrestling, ropes and all intact
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The students “know the ropes”
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and, to me, it was an imposing forest of masts and ropes
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“Who’s got the other ropes?” he asked
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“And to tie the ropes to
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We put the four pipes in a square and tied two of the ropes diagonally across the top
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This mast, once shorn of its sails and ropes, I then cut into eight “logs” of equal The Perfect Prank
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They could push the pipes a short way into the gravel to make the structure a little sturdier, and use gravel to weigh down the outer edge of the fabric but the ropes were a problem
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We’ll risk it without the ropes being secured, unless anyone else has any smart ideas
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“By jumping,” retorted Lucy, “But we can use the ropes as safety lines in case anyone doesn’t make the distance
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“Only two ways I can see,” replied Chris, “First is we attach two ropes to her and, supporting her from both sides, we haul her across
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He checked once more that both the ropes were securely attached, then he grasped Lucy’s thighs to hold her legs up
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” protested Kate, “Chris, can’t we use our ropes to climb the cliff?”
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“And I’ll bet you had safety ropes then
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After he was securely up on the ledge, he pulled one of the ropes out of his pocket and set about attaching one end of it to the rock
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He took Captain Melstone to one side as we watched the Engineers tying ropes on to the hooks then onto these they tied the water cans that were made from old five gallon paraffin tins
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We then tied the animals together and the men held on to the ends of the ropes
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“Now listen lads and you didn’t hear this from me but I know that the Lieutenant hasn’t been here long and he’s still a bit wet but he needs to learn the ropes and that’s why I volunteered you lot
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As Jesus hung suspended by ropes attached to the cross bar in mid air, His arms were stretched across the beam
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In the two years and few days at sea, Jon learned the ropes and was
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Jon quickly learned that below the deck were the living quarters along with a blubber room for storing ropes, spare sails,
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Jon also tidied ropes as no one wanted the captain to trip over one
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whale’s teeth were removed by ropes and pulleys from its
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He climbed through the ropes and joined his sister
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He stayed fixed to the spot as two guards stepped through the ropes into the ring and grabbed the body that lay sprawled in the centre
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He reached the ring and climbed through the ropes
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Raven stood with his back pressed up against the ropes, paralysed with shock
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He watched Millicent stride to the ring and enter through the ropes
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He watched with a growing sense of trepidation as Alexia stepped through the ropes into the ring
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Without allocated space for fights, they had to clear away dinner tables and hold other prisoners back without ropes or barriers
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Lenin"s characterization of those in the capitalist countries who would provide the ropes that would hang them
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He stepped through the ropes and entered the ring, where his opponent, Richards, stood waiting
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Gags were placed in their mouths and the ropes pulled tight
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Longleaf couldn’t finish that thought, for, as he turned, he saw that the Calamity had already dropped her ropes and caught a gust of wind towards the jetty and, beyond, the open sea
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Then he remembered—there had been pirates! Floppy tried to run at the thought, but then felt the ropes that bound his body tightly to an oak tree
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Folding his newspaper with exasperation, Dennis looked over the reading specs on his nose and noted matter-of-factly, “Nah, Midgey, I still have my money on the lad; ‘e’s a feisty one—I bet that one has squirrel blood in his veins! Look at him squirm; ‘e’ll be out of them ropes in no time
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This, of course, made the pale animal—maybe a Halfling, he wondered in the dim light, squeal, as it made the ropes pull tighter and tighter
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Next, he used some of the claws on his left paw to rake the ropes on the side of the tree, which seemed to have a greater effect
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And truly, Carl was becoming irritated, so much so that he had to stop clawing the frayed ropes and turn around
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Suddenly, the strange wharf on the edge of the marshlands started to buzz with activity as pirates ran hither and yon with ropes and chains
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None of the others were there when Amaranthe and Maldynado returned to the cannery, though two knotted ropes hung from the rafters, their tufted ends dangling a foot from the floor
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Larkey unhooked the ropes, grabbed the oar, and began rowing for her and Longleaf’s lives, stopping only to tie life vests around the pair of them
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“Think we need to be in the rafters?” Amaranthe pointed at the ropes and wondered if she should yell to wake Maldynado and Books
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” He scrambled out of his bunk, shoved Books aside, and flew up one of the ropes
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Rumour had it that the ropes were rejected gallows ropes, or former gallows ropes, which I could believe
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I watched him climbing two ropes once, one in each hand, using his arms only just to demonstrate that it could be done
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And when they were cornered they (very unsporting in my view) grabbed the ropes
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The grabbing of the ropes made the PT Sergeant restart the fight and the cornering process began afresh
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So then I decided to keep hitting them even if they were against the ropes until the PT Sergeant physically stepped in and stopped me, which he always would after a while
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“Well,” she said, “I was debating the merits of certain fluids as a means of loosening ropes, but let’s, ah, explore other possibilities first
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How would you like to learn the ropes in the layout and design section? I know you have your degree in journalism and all that but I figured you won’t get lost in the streets anymore,’ he paused with a teasing smirk on his face, ‘and you might find it interesting
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The younger man remained outside of the silken ropes of the actual lineup; but came up to proffer his dad a cup of coffee from the courtesy urn by the window
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Ropes are tied around the blanket to hold it in place
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She helped to get the horse cooled down, brushed out and settled in its stall, chatting continually of her friendship with Sylvia: “When she started coming to Costa Rica, it was just for brief vacations, but I opened my home to her and showed her the ropes
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However, in our group, Jim, his daughter Jaime, Ryan and I defied the unknown and jumped into the lumber float that was guided by long thick ropes attached to very large rocks
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As the ropes that bound me were loosened, I realized I’d
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But at the far end of the silken ropes that would have been appropriate in a museum or a bank, there was a space he could easily get through
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The only article that could be said to be furniture was a small bed with ropes in place of springs
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He lunged forward head over heels, his hands gnawing at the air for an instant as if trying to catch some invisible ropes, and then they fell limp together with the rest of his body
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He was looking up: a vast net-like congregation of saplings extended from one tree to the other, like ropes meant to build a bridge
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He completed fastening the gear on Hilderich, binding the ropes and setting the large leaf across Hilderich’s back, as a sort of cushioning to ease the friction without which he believed he’d be unable to move him more than a foot
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Amonas then lowered Hilderich carefully and undid the ropes
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Woe to those who pull sin with ropes made of lies
