Example sentences of "a rope around " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time . |
| 2 | The other stage workers found his dead body there an hour ago — with a rope around his neck ! ’ |
| 3 | Fagin described the hanging in terrifying detail , and said that he hoped he would never have to tell the police about Oliver — and see Oliver with a rope around his neck . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'd look very clever with a rope around his neck , sir ! ’ replied the captain . |
| 5 | There was a rope around me and I followed after Silver , who held the other end . |
| 6 | There was a rope around his waist and he was letting himself down , hand over hand . |
| 7 | I did n't see anything except a man tying a rope around the large upper branch of a tree . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going to pass a rope around the flywheel and spin the engine with it , ’ He moved two small levers on top of the engine , ‘ That 's the decompressors , when the engine turns flick one of those back and it should start . ’ |
| 9 | Or feel the wrench of a rope around their neck ? |
| 10 | They then pulled on balaclavas before driving a short distance where they stopped , pulled the woman into the back , placed a plastic bag over her head and bound her with a rope around her neck and hands . |