The rest of the trek passed by in a blur as we footslogged through mud and pelting rain and crossed the small streams flowing between the rocks. |
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He'd been left out of the reindeer games for so long, and now here Dad was, pelting him with missiles. |
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Then the rain came pelting down sending everyone running for the nearest bus shelter or shop doorway. |
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Her friend kept pelting her with balled-up bits of paper to try and wake her up, but it wasn't happening. |
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The pelting water bothers them, so they migrate to the dried fruit peel in the trashcan. |
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A loud clap of thunder sounded and rain could be heard pelting against the roof. |
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Fans inside the Arena had started pelting each other with plastic beer glasses and bottles, and the concert was temporarily halted. |
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The astonished defenders recovered in a few moments and began pelting the attackers with arrows and bolts once again. |
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But the raindrops weren't as they were, each drop was heavy, like bowling balls crashing into the ground, pelting Jude to his knees. |
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My father raced past me, and I followed, pelting up the dock to where my mother had dived into the river. |
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Suddenly Zach came pelting through the hallway, shoving people out of the way until he accidentally ran into me, bowling me over. |
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A boat from the killer fleet had struck the reef out past the skerries and was being pounded to pieces by the pelting waves. |
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Already, scores of mercenaries were surrounding the camp, pelting it with flaming arrows and a whole assortment of javelins and throwing spears. |
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Stardust drove through the rain at a blinding speed, the rain pelting off Kristine's face, stinging her cheeks. |
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When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time. |
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Rain was pelting down and small puffs of steam were visible from everyone's mouth. |
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I chanced a second look and was rewarded with even more shots pelting my position dangerously close to my face. |
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As she was watching the rain pelting down, Calphurnia came in clad in a long, white, flowing nightgown. |
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A small figure in a long-tailed leather jacket came pelting down the steps. |
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In an explosion that left me temporarily deaf, the cannon stopped pelting us with energy and began hailing us with pieces of its debris instead. |
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That insane bellow, practically in my ear, sent every naked, raw nerve ending in my body pelting for cover. |
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The next time we performed these kids were pelting us with packets of cookies. |
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Others set up massive ballistae some distance from the defenders, and began pelting them with heavy bolts of solid iron. |
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The event turned into a big bash, with 806 Wits students, some dressed in their PJs, pelting one another with their pillows. |
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In this novel the sky is always leaden grey, the light is smoky, the rain is pelting the windows and it is cold. |
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The people in the audience, who usually spend halftime ignoring us or pelting us with peanuts, were hushed as they tried to figure out what we were writing. |
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Witnesses said US troops riding in jeeps and armoured vehicles opened fire after children in the crowd started pelting them with shoes and stones. |
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Several hundred people gathered near the Japanese embassy in Beijing, some pelting it with water bottles and eggs. |
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It's snowing like mad right now, huge fluffy flakes pelting down. |
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She takes a step towards the edge, a branching fork of lightning flaring across the sky behind her, rain pelting her face but failing to muss her hair. |
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In both cases, pelting is started at the hind end of the animal, at the part where the legs were cut off. |
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He hunted deer in the pelting rain, got tangled up in a cactus, and then shot his buffalo and, in gleeful celebration, performed an Indian war dance over the carcass. |
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Other acts have included a helicopter dangling a cheeseburger in front of him, people whacking him with golf balls and drunken revelers pelting him with eggs. |
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Now, lean, muscly torso outstretched, he's pelting across the stage whilst hammering strings like his life depends on it. |
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School students who had staged a walkout began pelting police stationed near Gray's funeral. |
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In July, Bieber pleaded no contest to misdemeanour vandalism for pelting a neighbour's California home with eggs. |
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A protest on January 16th turned violent, with protesters pelting the police with snowballs and stones. |
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The value of fur animals intended for pelting is not calculated separately as most fur animals are pelted in the fall. |
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In the processing of cattle, subsequent to pelting the head is severed, and accompanies the carcass for subsequent veterinary inspection. |
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In the case of sheep, once the corresponding incisions have been made, pelting is carried out manually with knives. |
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In earlier incidents, some commercial crew members took to pelting marauders with tomatoes, but that has not proven a successful defense. |
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It can carry on pelting it down as hard as it likes for a month for all I care, as long as the current remains mainly westward. |
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If you listen closely, you can hear my neighbours drilling or the rain pelting down outside. |
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The world's best luge athletes had to battle brutal conditions with raining pelting down on the Oberhof track. |
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Everyone else took pride in pelting them with recyclable plastic. |
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Or one year before, a then 16-year-old Bieber narrowly avoided arrest after pelting a Maryland state trooper with a water balloon. |
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Police say he is responsible for pushing dog mess through letterboxes, smashing windows, damaging cars, pelting people with eggs and assaulting other youngsters. |
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The place looked pretty bleak in the pelting snow and final minutes of wintry gray light. |
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Above me, the sky was grey and overcast, the rain pelting down upon the rocky mountainside in steady sheets, running down to feed the rivers and lakes. |
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Now before the farmers start pelting me with corn awareness pamphlets, let me say that there's probably nothing wrong with corn syrup sweeteners per se. |
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The climb would be difficult as the rain was pelting down constantly. |
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There was heavy stone pelting and a bogie was set on fire. |
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The righteous will evidently never tire of the pelting and taunting of Tony Blair, and perhaps those like him who choose to join the Roman choir of extreme unctuousness must expect their meed of abuse. |
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Police had to resort to lathicharge to control the crowds which turned violent and continued pelting stones. |
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But the peace had already disturbed and later the situation got worse and incidents such as burning down of tires, pelting of stones, attack on vehicles, etc followed. |
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Data for animals on fur farms are obtained from the Livestock Section of Agriculture Division and may include some animals which were not pelted during the normal fall pelting season. |
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The Marine Mammal Regulations should be amended to replace the requirement for death to occur before pelting, with a requirement for unconsciousness before bleeding. |
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A fishery officer from the DFO St. Anthony detachment on routine patrol near Blue Cove, during the 2008 commercial seal harvest, observed Mr. Chambers pelting seals. |
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Once the bleeding of animals has taken place, in the case of cattle, the legs and horns are cut off prior to pelting, or in the case of sheep, the head and legs severed. |
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My job was pelting seals and using the gun. |
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As the animal is suspended, with mechanical pelting the skin is folded downwards, and does not come into contact with the meat, thus avoiding microbiological contamination. |
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On reading them I felt in my heart as if I were watching lovely girls pelting each other with sweet-scented flowers on which the dew was still sparkling. |
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But in the winter, life here is dark and close. Recently, near-hurricane-force winds ripped through Homer, pelting the area with rain and bolting us out of our deep freeze. |
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The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it. |
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When the Gauls attacked Rome, he hit upon the plan of pelting the soldiers with twopennies to make them believe they had plenty to eat. |
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His masters would then amuse themselves by pelting him with bones. |
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Police also resorted to mild lathicharge to control when the crowd started pelting stones at the cops. |
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The engine, however, behind us, not being aware of our mishap, came pelting on at a smart pace, without receiving its signal for checking motion in time. |
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Her socks squeaked wetly with every step, the rain pelting her sideways. |
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Butterfly's style is surefire jackhammering, pelting floor jams that seemed to show a pair of black shoes shooting across the stage unattached to a body. |
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