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Usage examples of rail.

It landed almost at the feet of an old woman standing actionless at the veranda rail, only to dart off again immediately.

The train steamed into the advancing Boer army, was fired upon, tried to escape, found the rails blocked behind it, and upset.

He was asking about the inertial navigation system that kept their position updated between fixes from the NAV SAT Linden leaned over the aft rail of the conn, over the chart table, and pointed with his finger to their estimated position.

If I were the more agile jumper Hovan Du far outclassed me in climbing, with the result that he reached the rail and was clambering over while my eyes were still below the level of the deck, which was, perhaps, a fortunate thing for me since, by chance, I had elected to gain the deck directly at a point where, unknown to me, one of the crew of the ship was engaged with the grappling hooks.

To his ill-concealed annoyance, Alec followed them back and took up a station at the starboard rail.

Reaching the rail, he sagged over it and vomited up his supper, dimly aware that Alec was at his side.

Clambering back over the railing, Alec caught hold of two carved balusters and hung by his fingers.

Tappng his pipe out on the railing above Alec, the man disappeared back into the room.

He stuck his hands in his alpaca pockets and leaned back against the railing.

There is not simply an inquiry as to the value of classic culture, a certain jealousy of the schools where it is obtained, a rough popular contempt for the graces of learning, a failure to see any connection between the first aorist and the rolling of steel rails, but there is arising an angry protest against the conditions of a life which make one free of the serene heights of thought and give him range of all intellectual countries, and keep another at the spade and the loom, year after year, that he may earn food for the day and lodging for the night.

Mary tipping over the rail, clinging on to Toby Argyll, and the two of them plunging down into the icy river.

He advanced between the ranks of assembled Lords and made his bow before the railing that fronted the pyramidal dais.

Kira said, while she helped him unstring the lights from the stair rail leading to the aviary, the birds screaming as if they knew she was there and could hardly wait for her arrival.

Instead, he and his companions camped on the deck, sleeping on raffia mats under a canvas awning that slanted steeply from the rail of the quarterdeck to a cleat by the cargo well.

She looked down to see Byle Bander leaning from the bridge rail, staring up at her with the half sneer he always wore.