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  • No sign of life was visible at the distance of something less than a mile but, as they drew closer, the observers were able to make out a flat, railed-off sort of platform atop each of the globes.

    "The War of the Planets" by Harl Vincent, part 6 Johnny Pez 2009

  • No sign of life was visible at the distance of something less than a mile but, as they drew closer, the observers were able to make out a flat, railed-off sort of platform atop each of the globes.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • And now at once, after being introduced to Mr. Liggett, he was escorted to a small railed-off desk at which sat a short, plump girl of about his own years, not so very attractive, who arose as they approached.

    An American Tragedy 2004

  • Since the telephone girl had said that Mr. Gilbert Griffiths was at the extreme rear, Clyde, without much hesitation, made his way along the railed-off aisle to that quarter, where upon a half-open door he read:

    An American Tragedy 2004

  • Then I too moved, but I had to go round headstones and railed-off tombs, and I stumbled over graves.

    Dracula 2003

  • On either side were railed-off spaces for jurors, and balconies for court officers and privileged spectators.

    A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

  • And spread-eagled, the woman's form almost filled the railed-off bed space; so that the thief had to step carefully indeed to avoid touching or disturbing her.

    Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984

  • He entered the railed-off cafe and took a chair at a table with a red-and-white striped umbrella.

    Ask the Cards a Question Muller, Marcia 1982

  • Upstage, forming a backdrop to the whole, are tiers of seats in the fashion of a dissecting theatre, formed into two railed-off blocks, pierced by a central tunnel.

    EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

  • Upstage, forming a backdrop to the whole, are tiers of seats in the fashion of a dissecting theatre, formed into two railed-off blocks, pierced by a central tunnel.

    EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

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