| The ferryman just angled a rudderlike thing against the current and the barge began scooting crabwise across the river. |
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| She slid her seatbelt on, a smile touching her lips as she started the car, scooting her seat forward since she had shorter legs. |
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| Confused, I nevertheless dropped to the floor, scooting away from the window. |
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| All the males waved him goodbye, scooting over to fill his empty seat, and obviously not entirely listening to what he said. |
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| Paul scooped up a nacho, covered in meat and cheese and popped it into his mouth, scooting the plate closer to me. |
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| Brian was scooting frantically along to his side, his head bobbing up and down like a boy in a toy store. |
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| My silence fills the car, and a lone bushel of tumbleweed scooting through the scene wouldn't exactly seem out of place. |
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| I sucked in a breath and bolted upright, scooting back in my bed till my back hit the headboard and I couldn't go any further. |
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| He opens the door for me, and I slide in, scooting over to save him a trip. |
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| He's squatting on his haunches, scooting along and slowing his descent by holding to the plants. |
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| He sat down into the curved side of the booth, scooting across the seat, onto the other side of the soft curve. |
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| With a bitter glare at his scarred right hand, he heaved on the rope and sent the unoffending log scooting another length across the ground. |
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| As he got up, his chair scooting back and his plate scraping the table sounded like a loud horn blared inside a library. |
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| I kept trying to back up, which was hard with the wall behind me, so I started scooting sideways towards the door. |
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| After the middling and mundane meal, a sub-group is scooting off to see a play around the corner, while several latecomers stay to eat and chat. |
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| Amy walked towards the restroom, quickly scooting out of people's ways. |
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| I stared at him warily before nodding and scooting back towards him. |
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| However, they manage to navigate through the canyon by hugging the canyon walls and scooting from back eddy to back eddy. |
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| The fishermen load the sledge with their catch, and then lean on the crossbars, scooting the mud horse over the flats that would otherwise drag them down. |
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| Fortunately beyond the Palazzetto dello Sport, after scooting under a modern flyover, you come to the other great icon of modern Rome. |
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| This can be achieved by making dedicated funding available to transform routes and invest in walking, scooting and cycling at the local level. |
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| Communicate with the director of photography, the set design crew, location scooting. |
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| In the kitchen center, Bailey had dumped all the plastic dishes out of the dishpan and was using it as a boat, scooting across the floor to destinations unknown. |
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| I forced a smile and nodded, scooting so that I was across from her. |
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| I gave her a nod and we began scooting further around the house. |
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| Tony, now almost six months old, was scooting around on the floor. |
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| Eventually he was reduced to scooting along like an inchworm. |
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| The couple was scooting down the road, easily catching up with them. |
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| At Primrose Hill in north London there were plenty of sledgers scooting their heels along increasingly muddy slopes in an attempt to recreate Monday's magic. |
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| Susie squealed, hunching her shoulders and scooting away from him. |
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| Tamely scooting up and down for hours on end is a poor substitute for triple loops and double back flips while still holding on to the peak of your baseball cap with one hand. |
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| As I trundle to the playground with two little boys scooting beside me, pushing a double buggy complete with screeching twins, I am stopped by an elderly woman. |
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| Soon he is scooting through Chicago's streets on a bicycle, ear to the radio dispatch, rushing packages to the city's businesses. On the frenzied rawness of courier life, Mr Culley excels. |
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| Yes Paul, I've spent the last five minutes scooting alongside a moving drinks trolley, getting an illicit tow, obviously, while the chap pushing it handed me a plastic bidon of tea which I shoved down my shirt. |
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| The pilot knew the channel' every inch of it' and where the channel crosses the river there were those curious contrivances' wing dams' to send him scooting over to the other shore. |
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| There are no fishermen out on the water today but we spot boats scooting from island to island: with no flies and nothing else to do, it's a good day to go for berries. |
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| What if my cat is biting its tail, scooting or rubbing its bottom on the ground? |
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| This sudden action resembles a crawdad scooting through the vegetation or a shad dashing for coyer and bass are swift to respond. |
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| Here's a nice way to run for office: No demeaning fund-raising, no scooting around for salable positions on difficult issues, no making nice to loathesome but useful people. |
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| Ricky, Coco, Théo and co. spend their days scooting around, peddling everything from sweets, cigarettes and matches to mini-packs of gin, whisky and vodka. |
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| She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment. |
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| Scooting around in the sunshine, Ulrich looks like a middle-aged guy searching for his second childhood. |
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