It could be some kind of trick Budd had thought up.

) hung on a hook on the wall, and underneath it I could see his tie, knotted, ready to be slipped over his head, a black badge of frayed respectability that ought never to have left his neck.

They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

Their roar, like the swelling volume of a hundred tornadoes could be heard for miles.

Atonement, if atonement were possible, could only be made at that sacred, sacrificial basin.

Bushes and vines abetted the rocks in forming thorny detours for the struggling stranger, and without the direct light of the sun to act as compass, Pamela could no longer be positive of her direction.

There was a peculiar density about it, a thick substance that could be sensed but never identified, never actually perceived.

And even with her limited knowledge of such things, she knew that the car could be repaired there ; ;

Not even an empty cartridge case could be found.

Inside the crown, stuffed behind the stained sweatband, could be seen thin, crumpled wads of currency.

How much of an accident could that be ''??

So far as he knew, only his father could be there.

A hell of an altitude for a barrel roll, but it could be done.

With the rapid rate of closure, the approach from below, the side, and ahead, there would be only a moment when damage could be done.

At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

The entire length of the street could be raked with rifle fire from this barn.

When he awoke in the mornings, she was in his mind and he could hardly wait to get to school to be near her in the flesh.

It is hard to see how the situation could be otherwise.

Each could be the real thing.

Officers who participate in the continual practice drills assured me that the President's decision could be made and announced on the gold circuit within minutes after the first flash from Aj.

Seeking an obscure, dark, relatively quiet corner in the airy room otherwise suffused with afternoon sunshine, he asked if the soft background music could be turned off.

Faulkner culminates the Southern legend perhaps more masterfully than it has ever been, or could ever be, done.

The conversation that ensued may have been engrossing but it could hardly be called world-shattering.

Where Hitler ’ s style was hoarse and passionate, Goebbels ’ was cool, sarcastic and often humorous: he was a master of biting invective and insinuation, although he could whip himself into a rhetorical frenzy if the occasion demanded.

Cricket historian David Frith believed it is possible that the abrasive Australian captain Warwick Armstrong could have addressed sarcastic comments to Jardine but Wisden believed his slow approach cost him his century.

That proficiency in kicking could carry the pankratiast to victory is indicated in a sarcastic passage of Galen, where he awards the winning prize in pankration to a donkey because of its excellence in kicking.

In " The Adventure of the Priory School ", Holmes rubs his hands with glee when the Duke of Holdernesse notes the 6, 000 pound sterling sum, which surprises even Watson, and then pats the cheque, saying, " I am a poor man ", an incident that could be dismissed as representative of Holmes's tendency toward sarcastic humour.

Morphy ’ s room was always kept in perfect order, for he was very particular and neat, yet this room had a peculiar aspect and at once struck the visitor as such, for Morphy had a dozen or more pairs of shoes of all kinds which he insisted in keeping arranged in a semi-circle in the middle of the room, explaining with his sarcastic smile that in this way, he could at once lay his hands on the particular pair he desired to wear.

Especially in his many reviews, he could be pitilessly sarcastic, devastating in his mockery.

In 2011, Gottfried appeared in the episode " Lost Traveler " on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Leo Gerber, a sarcastic computer professional working for the NYPD's Technical Assistance Response Unit, which producer Warren Leight said could become a recurring character.

Hosted by Brian McFayden ( Ryan Seacrest's double ), people first audition before three judges ( the sarcastic Briggs, who also produces the show and could be considered the " Simon " of the show ; rapper Tone Lōc, the show's answer to Randy Jackson ; and singer Vitamin C, put into Paula Abdul's role ) in four cities across the United States.

Cricket historian David Frith believed it is possible that Australian captain Warwick Armstrong could have addressed sarcastic comments to Jardine but Wisden believed his slow approach cost him his century.

") could be meant to be sarcastic or a calling out of his manhood.

Amateur biblical scholars often forget that when compared in context to the rest of the sentence ( in a Torah verse which indicates singular usage ), the Hebrew term " gods " is actually a Semitic elative meaning the one God YHWH ( see the original term in Hebrew, Elohim ); thus, Aaron's famous response to the unruly Israelites after he is forced to cast the Golden Calf could be seen as a bitterly sarcastic condemnation of their assumption of God's likeness, even after he consents to their demands.

In a sarcastic review published in his " Consumer Guide " column, Robert Christgau gave the album a C + rating, writing " I believe this double LP was made available so our hero could boast of being outclassed by Cheap Trick, who had the self-control to release but a single disc from this location.

The show never confirms what " TLC " stands for, although it is presumed to be a sarcastic reference to the widely used abbreviation for " Tender Loving Care ", but could equally refer to the alternative yet related abbreviation " Total Lack of Concern ".

Hugely successful, the guide was nonetheless idiosyncratic and often sarcastic, with entries such as: " the bks are slowly transforming themselves back into rags "; " judging by body temp, shop seems to have expired in 1930 "; " I could smell a bargain, pity was I had a cold that day "; " owner has been unwell recently with bad back ( possibly caused by turning on the customers once too often )".

When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.

These little songs, however, were sweet nothings from the heart, tender memories of his childhood, little melodies that anyone could hum and that would make one want to weep.

Communities either could not afford music accompaniment or rejected it out of a Calvinistic sense of simplicity, so the songs were sung a cappella.

On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly his contract would not be renewed, insisting, however, that he could not record the same songs for anyone else for five years.

These later sheets could include many individual songs, which would be cut apart and sold individually as " slipsongs.

Following the recording sessions with Tim, Neil began writing and recording a third Crowded House album with Hester and Seymour, but these tracks were rejected by the record company, so Neil asked Tim if Crowded House could use the Finn songs.

Although any music which uses computers in its composition or realisation is computer-generated to some extent, the use of computers is now so widespread ( in the editing of pop songs, for instance ) that the phrase computer-generated music is generally used to mean a kind of music which could not have been created without the use of computers.

Canadian fans could choose from the Special Christmas Edition of Amarantine or an EP entitled Christmas Secrets, which contained only the four new songs.

In some studies, patients were able to sing entire songs with provided text that they could not speak with normal intonation.

About 1841 he had freed himself from all the burden of manual labour, and could occupy his thoughts with the dialect of his native district, Sunnmøre ; his first publication was a small collection of folk songs in the Sunnmøre dialect ( 1843 ).

Instead of having lyrics displayed on a screen though, Minus One users could learn the songs by turning the vocal channel up and singing along to it.

Some of the cassettes for the Sing Along machines were recorded by Filipino cover bands for popular songs so that the vocals and accompaniment could be played independently.

She assumed that children's songs were a peculiar form of coded historical narrative, propaganda or covert protest, and rarely considered that they could have been written simply for entertainment.

The isolated islands of Foula and Unst are variously claimed as the last refuges of the language in Shetland, where there were people " who could repeat sentences in Norn, probably passages from folk songs or poems, as late as 1893.

The rock and roll songs described events and conflicts that most listeners could relate to from some point in their lives.

Orbison often excused his motionless performances by saying that his songs did not allow instrumental sections so he could move or dance on stage, although songs like " Mean Woman Blues " did offer that.

In the early 1970s, some reggae songs began to feature themes of black nationalism, which many white skinheads could not relate to.

He came down to the studio on the Mississippi Lad album, that's the first one I did for PolyGram, and he sang two of my songs, wouldn't accept any money, just trying to give me the best boost that he could.

They advanced drastically in musical and lyrical sophistication: by the end they were quoting American writer William S. Burroughs (" A Different Kind of Tension "), declaiming their catechism in the anthem " I Believe ", and tuning in to a fantasy radio station on which their songs could be heard (" Radio Nine ").

There was little instrument-switching when they played live, but when recording, the musicians could make up different configurations in service of the songs.

The tour featured " Tori's Piano Bar ", where fans could nominate cover songs on Amos's website which she would then choose from to play in a special section of each show.

Traditional Māori society preserved history orally through narratives, songs, and chants ; skilled experts could recite the tribal genealogies ( whakapapa ) back for hundreds of years.

In 2009, British rock band Feeder briefly changed their name to Renegades so they could play a whole show featuring a setlist in which 95 percent of the songs played were from their forthcoming new album of the same name, with none of their singles included.

Anderson approached Rabin about the situation, and Rabin sent Anderson a demo tape with four songs, indicating that ABWH could have one but had to send the others back.