There was a muted laughter from their direction that quieted only slightly as he neared. |
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The northern wind neared the top of the cliff and sped up, always gaining momentum. |
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As he neared the end of his shots he took both hands and began to smear anything liquid over his face, hair, and chest. |
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He could smell the intoxicating bubble-gum perfume as she neared him, and the scent lingered in the air long after she rushed by him. |
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As we neared the dock I smelled the river and heard the soft rush of waves against the wood. |
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They walked like that until mid-morning, when Margaret finally neared the edge of the forest. |
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As they neared he brought the leader into his sights, raising the stock of the long rifle to his shoulder. |
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As we neared that last portage, from Quetico Lake back into Beaverhouse, two eagles stood silent vigil in a dead tree along our way. |
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She held the horses by their bridles, but as soon as the others neared, she dropped the reins and rushed to the girl. |
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Time and again, the legislation has sailed through congressional votes only to encounter choppy seas as it neared the safe harbor of enactment. |
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Then, as the tunnel neared completion in 1996, dozens of the crew developed hacking coughs, chest pains and breathing difficulties. |
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There was no let-up even as he neared his century, with one glorious straight six off Danish Kaneria poleaxing the cameraman at long-on. |
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As she neared the object, she noticed it was an iridescent purple and pink. |
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As she neared the Village Square, she saw a crowd of people congregated there. |
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As the end neared, she lapsed into a semi-consciousness of raving and then piteous wailing. |
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Since we neared the festive season of Christmas parties have been going on nonstop. |
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But, as he neared the ground, other instructors noticed that he was coming too close to farm buildings and a spectator area. |
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His clansmen had looked at him with wondering eyes as they neared the hillside. |
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As she neared, she heard the clamour of their excited voices rising and echoing off the rock walls around her. |
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As we neared the bow, schools of blue maomao, sweepers and demoiselles gradually thickened. |
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At one point, they neared a horse and wagon that had a wheel wedged deep into the earth. |
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Before drifting off to sleep, Horatio mentally placed a wake-up call and his mind neared consciousness. |
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She whispered, her body shivering violently as she slowed to a walk as she neared the fountain. |
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Merissa slowed into a walk as she neared the older woman, coming to a gasping, wheezing stop in front of her. |
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As we neared the shore we were ordered to keep down to avoid getting wounded should the enemy start shelling the incoming craft. |
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As I neared them, I could see that the man's blonde hair was receding and he was dressed rather conservatively. |
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He put the fighter in a gentle dive and throttled back to save precious fuel as he neared the planes. |
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As I strolled back alone through the field, some Lao tourists with their children neared me. |
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Nadia asked between pants for breath, nearly two hours later as they neared the summit of the craggy bluff. |
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As we neared home, a few minutes from descending to the airport, she went to the restroom to powder up her nose. |
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The far-travelling bishop, kings-kin, and his priests arrayed in white and purple-royal sang antiphons as we neared the church. |
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As the trio neared the top of the ridge, they found their way blocked by a wall of rimrock. |
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The Ballon based side fell behind in the 30 minute and were still in arrears as the game neared its end. |
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He fixed her arm underneath his as they neared the punchbowl, a small smile on his face, for Katherine seemed as tense as a slingshot. |
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As lunchtime neared, we moved the interview down to a seafood restaurant on Stearn's Wharf. |
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As I neared the rear of the silver CTS, its rear tail lamps and reverse lights began blinking, to get my attention. |
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Just as it neared the eight o'clock hour, the party was really just livening up. |
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As the ship neared the island, the captain grew restless and so retreated to the main deck where he could pace out his anxiety. |
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As she neared the summit of K2, on August 13, it was late in the day and threatening clouds were forming to the north, but she kept on. |
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Not a single word was spoken as we neared the runway threshold, the throttle still wide open. |
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As she neared the end of the piece, a smile of glee and satisfaction began to appear on her face. |
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As he neared the hill the shapes took outlines of men instead of the formless gray lumps they'd appeared as. |
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As the road neared its end, Mandy turned into the weed-infested driveway of a badly weathered house bearing a rusty metal roof. |
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As Charcoal neared the edge of the woods, Mark leaned forward in the saddle, making her change her pace from a trot to a full-fledged gallop. |
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The elephant climbed up the 1676 metre Doi Suthep, or Suthep Mountain, but when it neared the summit it trumpeted and died. |
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Travis primed his rifle by tearing back on the lever, others followed as they neared the surface of the planet. |
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As they neared the hatch to the main section of the ship, he began to tear off strips and apply it over the cracks in the captain's helmet. |
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As they neared the lab, Jessi fished into her bag, pulling out a packet of twinkies. |
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He decided to make a precautionary landing on an interstate highway as his fuel supply neared exhaustion. |
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As I neared her croft I began to look for her across the fields, or by the stream, for I knew she often worked there as well. |
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But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room. |
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As he neared the end he heard a frightful clatter in the cabinet with each tug on the hemp line. |
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As the date for the unconference neared, the registrations on the wiki page increased. |
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As he neared the boat house, he swung out away from the boathouse towards the edge of the trees, keeping as far away from the docks as possible. |
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Now it was being passed down to Bill as he neared his sixteenth birthday. |
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As the president neared the end of his remarks, a young woman beside him began to wobble, on the verge of fainting. |
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But that was no reflection on Cook's abilities and most commentators expected him to play an important role in the Labour government as it neared an era of change post-Blair. |
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I could hear a buzz of echoing conversation as I neared the door. |
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I passed by Jersey City, and as I neared a toll plaza, I looked east and saw the sprawling mass of buildings that I belatedly recognized as New York City. |
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Suddenly the balance of power shifted from the clubs to the players, who could now hold their employers to ransom as they neared the end of their contract. |
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Jerry smelled the familiar stench of beer as the tube neared his lips. |
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As they neared the quay, youthful voices sang out a greeting. |
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As they neared the apartment complex where they both were living, yet another police car approached. |
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As he neared his destination, Kenney turned left and struck out on his own path. |
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As the day of the actual test, in the presence of a large and somewhat legendary Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, neared, I was a nervous wreck. |
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As I neared Trey's Porsche, I stole a quick look over my shoulder. |
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As the final moments of conference neared, an innocent-looking old dear distributed the words of all six inspiring verses round the back of the hall. |
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She slowed when she neared the tree where he'd carved their initials and carved a heart around them, stopping to trace it with that little light the moon allowed her. |
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The fireballs simply swirled into a funnel when they neared the foes chest, and the entire cockatrice glowed a bright blue as the magic was absorbed into its body. |
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As they came down they neared a grave, where some pious friend or relative had laid a wreath of immortelles, and put a bell glass over it, as is the custom. |
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His footsteps slowed as he neared the gate in the little picket fence. |
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He heard the pips of a radio time-signal as he neared the kitchen. |
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As he neared the boulders, Joe suddenly flopped to the ground. |
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As they neared the Beta Kappa building, she could hear loud music coming out from the entrance, and she could see dancing bodies from outside the large French windows. |
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As it experienced its first-ever losses in 2003, and its share price neared a 10-year low, the company finally began to admit that it was no longer a growth stock. |
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As Brynor neared, he glanced at each of us in turn with the casual, detached disinterest of a scientist examining a particularly repulsive insect. |
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Four hours after takeoff, as Brenci's MC-130 neared Desert One, they had passed the haboobs. |
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As the campaign neared its goal, Fenner and his team played an important role in verifying eradication. |
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As evening neared, JoJo announced over Twitter that he was on 69th Street. |
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Finally, if Oljato were a comet, vaporization of its ice as it neared the sun would liberate water. |
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The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners. |
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As we neared the tremendous Malham Cove, I was determined to make it to the top and look out across the limestone pavements. |
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According to the story, he threw two carved pillars overboard as he neared land, vowing to settle wherever they landed. |
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Earlier it was reported that the number of dead saiga neared 90,000 saiga in Akmola, Aktobe and Kostanay regions. |
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As World War II neared its end and the Germans retreated, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. |
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They neared extinction at the end of the Paleozoic era, with just six species known from the Permian period. |
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As his forces neared the castle, Philip, who had been unable to break through, decided to strike camp. |
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The petrol tank filler came adrift as they neared the Adriatic coast and drenched them both. |
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It neared the area of Cape Fear on about March 1 and, after a short stay, reached the Pamlico Sound lagoon of modern North Carolina. |
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As the tax neared its implementation in England, protests against the tax began to increase as unrest mounted. |
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Strauss' edgiest time came as his century neared and Fidel Edwards and Darren Sammy baited him with a succession of wide deliveries. |
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In 1918, as the war neared its end, Holst finally had the prospect of a job that offered him the chance to serve. |
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As the Digest neared completion, Tribonian and two professors, Theophilus and Dorotheus, made a student textbook, called the Institutions or Elements. |
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As World War I neared its end, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, declaring the founding of the modern Republic of Lithuania. |
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Gondwana had by that time neared the south pole and was largely glaciated. |
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As the Act of the Six Articles neared passage in Parliament, Cranmer moved his wife and children out of seclusion, probably in Ford Palace in Kent, and out of England. |
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As he neared the town two days later, the Scots persuaded their French comrades to make a stand, Douglas apparently having forgotten the lessons of Homildon Hill. |
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However, as conspiracy neared completion in 1688, the English government sometimes used to disrupt this correspondence by holding up the whole mail delivery system. |
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Might it not be true, though, that this comet and others have periodically had lighter molecules swept away by the solar wind as they have neared the sun and formed tails? |
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An ambulancewoman told an inquest yesterday she was surprised at the lack of urgency shown as a man neared death from a cocaine overdose in a police cell. |
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