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1. They could hear a great scuffle going on just down the stairway and outside the main doorway
2. And then from high above they heard a shout and what they thought was a scuffle
3. There was a shout; a scuffle, a shrill ‘nooo…’ and another body fell
4. scuffle when he finally confronted the man – but there was
5. something was amiss was the sound of a scuffle and
6. There was a sudden rush and a scuffle, followed by the clash of iron and a cry of pain
7. Reaching the ground he heard a scuffle as a rodent ran for cover
8. There was the sound of a hurried scuffle within
9. There seemed to be a scuffle and the sound of a muzzled female voice
10. In a ten or twenty-minute scuffle we drifted five or six miles
11. To avoid a scuffle and media attention, the security officers carried stretchers for the protestors to be placed on
12. As I was continuing my trek towards the blue Stang, I caught a glimpse of a scuffle through a small opening in the rink fence that led to a taco stand on the other side
13. A scuffle was heard, tables were knocked over,
14. dropped in the scuffle,” Batistuta responded
15. There was a scuffle ensuing in the darkness
16. "My brothers saved him from a little scuffle but it was nothing big
17. Then, satisfied that task was done, I heard a scuffle, muffled screams, and knew the spies had seen enough before I heard them ride away
18. There were voices, arguing and finally a minor scuffle
19. In the clearing, they found evidence of a bait trail and signs of a scuffle
20. With the help of another two screws they break the fight up with a bit of a scuffle just after some blood had been spat on to the walls and food
21. There was a scuffle and some shots were heard
22. In the scuffle, she had broken his nose and had thrown at him a copy of the file on his father’s criminal record
23. Behind me I hear the scuffle of Cherrie’s feet as she
24. As they scuffle it becomes difficult for the masked woman to defend herself while protecting Mr Hooperman's property
25. Getman began shouting at his accusers and within seconds a scuffle broke out
26. Knowlan lifted a hand, thinking to somehow call Mahood off, thinking to stall the imminent scuffle
27. of the Temple, and the scuffle continued outside, with Jangmar
28. She heard a scuffle filled with more shouts and the thud of punches
29. While they stood in wonder, a loud scuffle came their way
30. Slade knew that Rex wouldn’t be able to defend himself in a scuffle
31. He felt something stirring deep inside his chest, as if something dormant was awakening, disturbed by the scuffle
32. With the manticore safely out of the way for now, all but Fenton spread out and hunted through the undergrowth, wondering if she had been knocked unconscious in some unseen scuffle
33. Michael could sense the enjoyment in the man"s voice, this guy is crazy! He tried to think of who the voice belonged to, but was interrupted when there was scuffle to the left of him
34. Doug, possibly sensing the tension, headed off the scuffle
35. Johnny stumbled into the night and heard a yelp and a scuffle from Nigger as Lynch booted her in his direction
36. scuffle ensued, but the two men were outnumbered
37. you want to carry on with this? Even I would avoid a scuffle with that lummox
38. Just what he needed, a scuffle, no actually
39. scuffle after a party and I got punched in the back of the head
40. Shane’s in a scuffle with one of the vamps
41. It tried to get at the bear’s neck with its huge glistening canines, but the bear, the champion of many a scuffle, dodged the attempt and succeeded in claiming the gorilla’s throat instead
42. kisses: and kisses that, whilst she seemed to shy from or scuffle for, the
43. The commotion instantly died down as the Chief of MI6 walked back into the room and saw the ending of a scuffle
44. "And you remember that we came up with the two in a ditch, and that there was a scuffle between them, and that one of them had been severely handled and much mauled about the face by the other?"
45. From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank, or venture a little way in among the trees and nut bushes to scuffle in the they reached a place from which they could see that the field below them leaf mold
46. He dogs the fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound
47. There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which followed
48. Unfortunately for her she had lost her glasses in the scuffle, and as she was extremely short-sighted she was really helpless without them
49. room for a stately piece of machinery, that stood up-reared, between her thighs, as she continued siting on his lap, and pressed hard for instant intromission, which the tender Emily, in a fit of humour deliciously protracted, affected to decline, and elude the very pleasure she sighed for, but in a style of waywardness, so prettily put on, and managed, as to render it ten times more poignant; then her eyes, all amidst the softest dying languishment, expressed, ait once a mock denial and extreme desire, whilst her sweetness was zested with a coyness so pleasingly provoking, her moods of keeping him off were so attractive, that they redoubled the impetuous rage with, which, he covered her with kisses: and kisses that, whilst she seemed to shy from or scuffle for, the cunning wanton contrived such sly returns, of, as were, doubtless the sweeter for the gust she gave them, of being stolen ravished
50. Kano and another man planted themselves in the guards’ path and, after a brief scuffle, stopped them
1. They scuffled back against the wall as the light in front of them continued on, leaving them in darkness
2. He scuffled back out the room the way he had come
3. Worse for Mike, he and the first trooper scuffled in the living room
4. McClure then scuffled out of the room and back down the
5. scuffled out of the office, the effects of the simulator stil in play
6. ” Wendy scuffled the baby’s hair and said, “and so does she!”
7. We scuffled silently but I was no match against him and he raped me
8. Blackbirds scuffled around on the
9. On the crowd's opening the coach doors, the one mourner scuffled out of himself and was in their hands for a moment; but he was so alert, and made such good use of his time, that in another moment he was scouring away up a bye-street, after shedding his cloak, hat, long hatband, white pocket-handkerchief, and other symbolical tears
10. Holly, bearing it as well as he could, growled and scuffled, and Silver cast about for something to occupy his attention
11. He scuffled and then lay still in the silence
12. Two scuffled over an imaginary case of beer
1. While there had definitely been scuffles, as is typical of gods, there was never any real reason to fear the destruction of the realm
2. I mean he has gotten into scuffles, had quiet rivals, but nobody at least to my knowledge wanted to do him official harm
3. scuffles or people accused of stealing and the truth was
4. So scuffles began to break out, and usually once it started, there was no way to know how or where it would end
5. We who have learned by now what a world-war is like may be excused for considering the disturbances of that period as insignificant brawls, mere hole-and-corner scuffles
6. A few months of missed mattress-checks and scuffles with other students and drunkenness at chapel, however, tended to alter the calculus
7. I loved the racket, talking, and laughter in the auditorium, the opportunities for sitting on a back bench, and letting the measured voice of the professor lure one into dreams as one contemplated one’s comrades, the occasional runnings across the way for a snack and a glass of vodka (sweetened by the fearful joy of knowing that one might be hauled before the professor for so doing), the stealthy closing of the door as one returned to the auditorium, and the participation in “course versus course” scuffles in the corridors
1. ’ She breaks off; I can hear giggles and scuffling
2. Chris was woken during the night by a scuffling sound within the tent
3. There was scuffling and groaning, then suddenly three men burst out of the open doorway
4. There were several seconds of padding, scuffling noises
5. Anup, meanwhile, is still shredding the first assailant's neck, even though the man has ceased scuffling and is now dead
6. only response was a scuffling sound from the bedroom
7. "More of you than us, Thieu Ta," one of the guards responded with a toothy smile, scuffling his rubber tire sandals on the ancient French concrete
8. He is just about to turn aside, and puzzling if he dares go near the castle to see if his parents are imprisoned there, when he hears a scuffling sound
9. She ducked another hay-maker, then countered with a solid left upper-cut that doubled him over and sent him scuffling away gasping for breath
10. There was a scuffling noise behind them, and Bryony looked round to see Zach crawling over to their hiding position
11. The week after, in the middle of the night, Jaffa was woken up by a scuffling noise near the pig sty
12. The sand-spurred ground was pockmarked by striking hooves giving the appearance of a miniature moonscape, the scuffling boots adding trenches and depressions to perfect scale
13. Listening closer, he identified it as a scuffling noise
14. Then, just when Jeff thought it might be safe, more scuffling
15. traffic, or scuffling over resources that we’re afraid might be limited
16. There was a ruffling, scuffling sound and a roar of whispers as two hundred and twenty eight Chieftains, minus the Chieftain of the Bear Clan, started crowding their way to the front of the stage
17. There was a rustling and a scuffling of feet
18. There was more scuffling of feet as more couples appeared
19. “This way, this a-way,” the old man said scuffling toward
20. He heard scuffling behind him
21. Hamilton walked around the cell, his right legs scuffling
22. As he disappeared from view of the guards, another guard heard a scuffling sound from that direction and asked, “Is everything all right?”
23. A scuffling in the woods alerted him and he swung around, looking for the manticore
24. More scuffling, some urgent grunts, and then a sinister hissing that sent another chill through Hal’s body
25. A scuffling sound caught his attention
26. “There might have been some scuffling,” Momma Bear said
27. “But this scuffling sound, was it — I don’t know — different than usual?”
28. Before they reached it they heard a scream and a scuffling sound
29. Just as I was downing the last of my water in the kitchen, I heard a scuffling sound then a crash in the living room
30. scuffling sound wiped away the last remnants of sleep
31. "I am not speaking from temper, but in a friendly way, for sport, as that workman of yours said when he was scuffling with Dmitri, in the case of the old woman
32. "Don't say anything, Bigwig," whispered Hazel: for Bigwig was scuffling his paws indignantly
33. He became hysterical, kicking and scuffling, and Hazel, who was behind him, had difficulty in preventing a fight
34. Bigwig was scuffling into the ground
35. After a time Strawberry stopped digging and began moving about between the roots, sniffing, biting and scuffling in the soil with his front paws
36. There was a scuffling in the run that led down from the wood and Hazel called, "Who's that?"
37. There was a scuffling outside the crowded Council burrow and Avens came
38. There was a growling sound outside, and a noise as of some great animal scuffling at the door
39. He heard the scuffling and cries die down as the troops passed on through the Isenmouthe
40. How he was watching TV and smoking weed, how he’d heard scuffling outside his window, shouting, then a few muffled cries
41. The sound of scuffling and the occasional grunt
42. Rob followed, all but scuffling his soles like a truant schoolboy
43. A great skull would roll to view, like a snowball; they shouted! Ribs, like spider legs, plangent as a dull harp, and then the black flakes of mortality blowing all about them in their scuffling dance; the boys pushed and heaved and fell in the leaves, in the death that had turned the dead to flakes and dryness, into a game played by boys whose stomachs gurgled with orange pop
44. Swinging their hands and scuffling their feet, they came to the end of Cannery Row and turned up to the railroad track
45. Jody tramped down, scuffling his shoes in a way he had been told was destructive to good shoe-leather
46. Twice every day for three days this was repeated; but on the fourth morning a confused wrangling, and then a scuffling was heard, as the customary summons was delivered; and suddenly four men burst up from the forecastle, saying they were ready to turn to
47. ‘I am not speaking from temper, but in a friendly way, for sport, as that workman of yours said when he was scuffling with Dmitri, in the case of the old woman…
48. And so they have come, drinking, swearing, singing, fighting and scuffling with one another
49. Opening the door into the entry, he heard below noise, talk, disputing and scuffling
