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Jacob Welse closed the door, tilted his chair back, and cocked his feet on the guard-rail of the stove.
CHAPTER 6 2010
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A low concrete guard-rail separated this ramp from the roadway which continued on underneath the overpass as a tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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A low concrete guard-rail separated this ramp from the roadway which continued on underneath the overpass as a tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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A low concrete guard-rail separated this ramp from the roadway which continued on underneath the overpass as a tunnel.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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One set of feet had hurried to where I lay, accompanied by unintelligible squawks of sound; the other went to the shattered guard-rail for a moment, only to retreat rapidly from the cloud of oily smoke roaring up the rocks.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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The guard-rail had been repaired, for example, but the outline of the rocks against the sea — were I to walk over to a spot fifteen feet from Denny's front head-lamp, drop to the ground, and turn my head due west, the jagged shapes would match precisely those seared onto my brain.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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My…finger-ends hooked themselves upon the guard-rail, and a quartermaster made a snatch for me and hauled me aboard.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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His knees were against the guard-rail as he craned to look over the edge.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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My…finger-ends hooked themselves upon the guard-rail, and a quartermaster made a snatch for me and hauled me aboard.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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His knees were against the guard-rail as he craned to look over the edge.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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