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They crept down the muddy slope toward the waiting boats.
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They and crept
They waited three minutes and then crept out on tip-toe ; ;
They were pushed gently into the room by Arlene -- whose only part appearing were hands that crept quickly back around to the kitchen side of the door.
They issued a letter describing what they believed were the wrong teachings and a statement listing twenty-four practices of the Church which they believed were " evil " and had crept in by its association with other Churches and religions.
They are said never to intermarry with landlubbers, but somehow or other their tongue has crept into many villages in the Chiklung section.
They and down
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.
They escorted him down from the porch and through the rain to his office.
They lapsed into silence, and the freight wallowed up a hill, scooted down the other side, shaking and clanking to itself.
They went down in a heap and for a long minute there was nothing to see but flailing arms and legs.
They lay, with the birds hopping from branch to branch above them and the bright sky peeping down at them.
On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.
They insist they are ashamed of such violence and intimidation as occurred in Alabama when the Freedom Riders sought to break down racial discrimination in local bus depots.
They don't expect to stop him, just slow him down some with the bat.
They cantered down the peninsula, not slackening until the coach reached Woodside where the Santa Cruz uplands begin.
They are laid a minimum of 24'' '' deep and in some areas four feet down, particularly under roads, to stay clear of all other piping such as water and sewers and to minimize shocks from heavy trucking.
They love to dust, scrub, polish, wax floors, move the furniture around from place to place, take down the curtains, put up new ones and have themselves a real ball.
They hurled a cement barge against a freighter in Honolulu Harbor, knocked down telephone lines, marooned automobiles, flooded lawns, killed six cows.
They threatened constantly to give the British a hold on this region, from whence they could move easily down the rivers to the French settlements near the Gulf.
They bore down on him.
They would be coming for him next, bearing down on him from both directions.
They even talked about Lucille down at the Young Christians' League where I spent a lot of time in Bible classes and helping out with the office work for our foreign mission.
They had all turned down his son.
They breakfasted together, but Martin did not refer to his triumph, and Dolores found a great deal to do in the kitchen, bobbing up and down from the table so that talk was impossible.
They took nearly a month to investigate, marshal statistics, and put their arguments down in black and white.
They ignored the ladder down to the planet surface and, with only a glance at the seismological gauge to judge surface resistance, dropped to the ground.
They have more slender muzzles, sharper ears that they use in the hunt for termites, black vertical stripes on a coat of yellowish fur, and a long, distinct manes down the midlines of their necks and backs.
They settled down near Kurile Lake, which was inhabited by the Kamchatka Ainu and North Kuril Ainu.
They would have traveled overland down through the Appalachian Mountains to the Scots-Irish community in the Waxhaws region, straddling the border between North and South Carolina.
They also had a flag carrier at the front who guided the forces behind him ; when the flag was upright the combatants behind would stand and when turned down, they would sit.
They and muddy
They were forced to abandon several guns which became bogged down in the muddy roads.
They live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the continental shelf.
They are small to medium-sized bottom dwelling fishes that live primarily in estuaries, bays, and muddy river banks.
They are hematophagous and typically live in forested and muddy habitats like swamps, streams, reservoirs, and in rotting vegetation.
They are usually worn when walking on wet or muddy ground, or to protect the wearer from heavy showers and puddles.
They often live on muddy bottoms in calm water and in stagnant rivers.
They sang songs saying they travelled a long way, and they are all wet and muddy, an allusion of the wet underworld of Veles from which they came as ghosts of dead.
They inhabit slow-moving bodies of water, often with soft, muddy bottoms and abundant vegetation.
They are used to navigate difficult terrain, rivers, swamps and muddy areas.
They typically forage by digging vigorously with their bill into the muddy soil.
They built turf or log shanties along the muddy bank, and possibly without sanction extended the settlement as far as through the Lower Town swamp and the banks of the Rideau River ..
They are successful where sharp edged materials in construction debris would damage rubber wheels, or where the ground is soft and muddy.
They may inhabit the rocky crevices of reefs, burrows in sandy or muddy substrates, or even empty shells.
They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope, at depths in excess of.
They like taking muddy baths.
They mainly forage in muddy substrate in shallow waters, though can feed at all depths in seasonal forest pools.
They will also dig into muddy substrate underwater to extract roots and tubers.
They build a nest approximately 50 cm wide and 15 cm deep, usually in muddy bottomed areas.
They are often seen playing and sliding on muddy banks and in the water in regions where they frequently visit or live.
They also can be found in very muddy waters and are able to tolerate poor water conditions.
They follow the muddy footprints to the bathroom and discover a beautiful cavewoman ( Sandra Hess ) in the bathtub who turns out to be Link's girlfriend from the beginning of the film.
They may leave water temporarily if weather is wet enough and they dig burrows in muddy bottoms or it may invade the burrows of other aquatic creatures.
They need a moist environment with either a temporary or permanent body of water, and thrive best in a muddy environment.
They have no eyes, presumably because of their muddy natural habitat.
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