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Rats by the thousands are at his heels, and as he sees the waterfront at the bottom of the hill, he panics and starts to run for the bridge.

Then, scared out of his wits, he took to his heels and led a Flock of people in a flight all the way from heilungkiang to Kweichow Province.

Although he has no shoes he tries to click his heels and salutes one of the men in our column, clearly a commander among the guerrillas.

Near folded his arms and placed his chin on them, his arse resting on his heels as he stared at the finished puzzle.

EXAMPLE: Whenever we argued in favor of any change in the business, the old boss would dig in his heels and ignore our ideas.

Let him cool his heels for a while: that'll teach him to be impolite.

His father and the smith and a third man squatting on his heels inside the door were talking .

By the time he's walked two blocks, at least a hundred rats are at his heels, and people begin to point and shout.

When he felt the dentist approach, the Mayor braced his heels and opened his mouth.

It's Bill's last chance to kick up his heels, you know--he's getting married the next morning.

The boy rushed past me with a policeman close on his heels.

The policeman rose to his feet, bowed to us and then clicked his heels together.

The old prince walked about his study, treading on his heels, and sent Tihon to Marya Bogdanovna to ask what news.

He put that in the van and right on his heels came Twana with a shopping bag and a purse.

Help your partner get comfortable in the traditional lotus position, with his legs crossed and each of his heels atop the opposite knee.

He boasted that he could swim across the lake, but he started to drag his heels as we were getting closer to the lake.

Often the chair seat is caused by the rider trying to push his heels down.

Tommy marched out shaking his head, Nick on his heels.

By the time he reached the other side of the bridge, he could almost feel someone at his heels.

"Next time you want to change anything, ask me first, " he said, turning on his heels and leaving me stewing in anger.

While driving down a winding country road, a man came upon a youth running hard with three huge dogs snarling at his heels.

I wasn't claiming that Bob was a world-class sprinter, but he could show his heels to you anyway.

He had no time to take a holiday and kick up his heels when he came back from the war.

He got into another fight outside of a bar, and he's in police custody right now cooling his heels. I don't know what he was thinking.

At the sound of Bennet's summons he discarded all concealment, and fairly took to his heels for the forest.

Nipping at his heels was veteran teen starlet Miley Cyrus, whose haul was $48 million, almost all of it earned from touring.

Put him on his heels. He knows things.

We left John Canty dragging the rightful prince into Offal Court, with a noisy and delighted mob at his heels.

let him cool his heels in the outer office , that will teach him to be more polite.

Mr Muivah, a 75-year-old former guerrilla, has meanwhile dug in his heels and is camping with his followers near the border.

The thief immediately took to his heels at the sound of the approaching foot .

They saw Dick Turner come out of the bush by the house with two whining dogs at his heels.

The feeble man feels an feel sore on his heels and knees when he kneels on the steel steering wheel.

Asking him to wait ? He had no patience in cooling his heels.

Then he roughly dug in with his heels, rubbing and tearing away the tender flesh from the stumps of the once-beautiful tusks.

The feeble man feels an ache on his heels and knees when he kneels on the steel steering wheel.

One of his heels had got blistered on the walk.

Since that year, starting with a somewhat arbitrary number 501, each Oscar statuette has worn his serial number behind his heels.

They saw Dick come out of the bush with two dogs whining at his heels .

Eric Cantor, his ambitious deputy, is thought to be snapping at his heels.

Once there, Mr Saxena (pictured left) dug in his heels during what became Canada's longest-ever extradition case.

When I tried to get the car salesman to lower his prices, he became ornery and dug in his heels. See also Synonyms at b opposite.

The employees wanted high wages, but with the support from the board the CEO dug in his heels over their idea.

He saluted with a click of his heels.

He will not agree with you. He still sticks his heels in.

It only needed a single use of his real name and the gang would be at his heels.

He arrived on time, but she let him cool his heels outside for half an hour.

He blinked, turned on his heels and flew up the stairs.

Yahoo! 's founder and chief executive, Jerry Yang, dug in his heels and rebuffed the offer.

"He is an ignoramus, " interrupted my friend, as he stepped unsteadily forward, while I followed immediately at his heels.

Gramigna slipped through their hands, and replied with bullets if they got too close on his heels.

Henderson agreed to close down Pontiac all together, but dug in on his heels to keep Buick and GMC.

As soon as the burglar alarm went off, the housebreaker showed his heels.

and if we follow close at his heels, we shall not err, but be led by a right way to a city to dwell in.

At the sight of Napoleon, the young Frenchman clicked his heels together.

The thief ran off with an angry crowd at his heels .

His eyebrows went up. Did he also click his heels three times? That's not evidence. We need evidence.

But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

His new boots had given him blisters on his heels.

To my son , I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse.

The two children followed close on his heels.

The police are hard on his heels.

He clicked his heels as perfectly as a dancer does.

Why, I couldn't even say "Two for his heels" without adding, "My, how sweet you do look! "

"Nor does he drag his heels getting to the dinner table, " Mr. Lee added.

At the sight of Napoleon, the young Frenchman cliched his heels together.

He ran ahead, with the others hard on his heels.

and ever the sick wolf coughed and wheezed at his heels.

His dog is at his heels.

He plans to kick up his heels when he finishes his work.

A: Has Jim decided which university he wants to go to? B: No, he's still dragging his heels.

When someone found that the police were coming, he took to his heels and left the others in the lurch

Ray Allen is hot on his heels at 2, 071, and the method estimates he has a 97 percent chance.

He squatted down on his heels, and found that with agonizing pains in thigh and calf he could just lift himself to a standing position

James was just kicking his heels last year.

she hit hard enough to get a jump on him ? - maybe he ' s knocked back on his heels

By the sounds of dogs at his heels,