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The "ticking " of the clock was the only sound that greeted him , for not a soul remained.

Look, I know I'm just a sophomore, but I can feel the clock ticking away, and I don't want to leave high school with nothing to show for it.

A manager of a shop was ticking off one of his staffs . "l saw you were arguing with a customer . "

Ms McCrumb does not mind waitressing for a bit as she decides what to do with her life, but the clock is ticking.

But he did not dare open his mouth, just sat there stiffly, listening to the unhurried ticking of the wall clock.

It would be like trying to make the hands of clock move backwards to its ticking.

But once I'd composed myself I flirted with him a bit and got away with a ticking-off.

With the clock ticking and my oversized Russian fisherman looking ready to explode, he grabbed my hand.

And yet it is not as though everyone is walking around like a ticking hand grenade.

Mr. Kerry said that he thought Mr. Assad would not survive as Syria's leader much longer. "The time is ticking, " he said.

If it did, the clock would not be ticking down to a congressionally mandated default even as the economy stalls.

Countdowns are an integral part of the theatre, even though the clock seems to spend as much time stopped as it does ticking towards zero.

To be sure, most economic data around the world are still improving. Ironically, numbers are even ticking up in Portugal and Spain.

HAVING grown up to the ticking of a countdown clock, many Hong Kongers have been worrying most of their lives.

"I think I saw a can of cleanser by the sink in the coat room, " I said as I raced to find it. Precious minutes were ticking away.

We've got to stop 'em, they're gonna kill us all! -They're using our own satellites against us. The clock is ticking.

How it leisurely past, how bland unknown, perhaps, only occasionally to hear a few fuzzy fault acoustic ticking.

The clock is ticking down on Christmas, and I'm guessing there are a few readers out there like me who still have some shopping to do.

The BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders said the clock was now ticking.

I tried to follow its soft ticking and to count the nine hundred seconds between one stroke and the next, but I kept losing track.

Around Tokyo, many young people speculate that the reason might be as simple as the ticking of the biological clock.

The daily chores that keep an organization ticking often go unrecognized. But the subject in our next story seems to specialize in them.

Republican spots feature the sound of a ticking bomb and a quote from Osama bin Laden about every Muslim's sacred duty to kill Americans.

I couldn't hear my biological clock ticking, but my libido was banging on the door to get out.

A famous thought experiment asks what you would do with a terrorist who knew the location of a ticking nuclear bomb.

We had come into it only for a short time, but for just long enough to still the ticking of the clock.

So the clock was ticking, the meter was running, and I had a choice to make; pursue my own needs, or save his life.

got to be some kind of clock that's ticking inside of us.

With a clock ticking down towards a crucial vote, President Obama has made a further strong bid for support for his health care reforms.

Find yourself something that matches the rest of your decor and avoid a loud ticking clock at all costs!

With the horror of a westerner used to ambulance sirens, I counted the seconds ticking away while nothing was done.

We got his brain ticking , yet he could want more, much more, if he really thought about it, if he had all the necessary resources.

Interviews begin in less than a month, and the clock is already ticking down toward the next Demo Day.

At least that has increased total wage compensation , helping to keep private consumption ticking over .

The report does little-to-nothing to help you ascertain that the second half of the or short-circuit is a ticking time bomb!

Ms Munro is keen to stress the research process is not a box-ticking exercise and that the regional teams make manager selection decisions.

Presently there arose from within a ticking like the love-making of the grasshopper.

" Ticking . . . . . . Ticking . . . . . . " Banana, swaying posture, recounting -- tonight and rain melancholy.

The demographic clock that was ticking before the Great Recession didn't stop when the economy went into a tailspin.

"Our policy is not containment, " he said. "It is prevention, and the clock is ticking. "

I looked through the door, everything looked the way it always did, I could hear the clock ticking.

A manager of a shop was ticking off one of his staffs .

The manager of a shop was ticking off one of his staff.

You put them all together, you mix them up in a bouillabaisse, and you have consumer confidence that's basically a ticking time-bomb.

The entranceway to the bell tower. I slam the door behind me, climb up, go past this place where I see a pendulum ticking.

The challenge of a ticking clock will always rev people's motors as well as unify them against what symbolizes a common enemy: time.

This standard includes ticking filled with a resilient material intended or promoted for sleeping upon, including mattress pads.

Spread- eagled and squint-eyed in the morning brightness, he heard a faint ticking noise near his head.

They'd prefer to be in a relationship, but haven't found the right person and feel the clock is ticking.

Don't let the worry clock stock start ticking but instead take slow, even breaths and control the pace of your day.

I put a clock by his bed at night. The ticking sound helped him sleep well.

Chinese companies must understand that legal box-ticking is only part of their challenge.

Xie says she's holding out for Mr. Right, but she knows the clock is ticking.

With the U. S. unemployment rate ticking to 8%, any job may feel like a good job in this brutal recession.

as a marriage project report concluded , with no biological or sociological clock ticking , " boys can remain boys indefinitely . "

Be like the clock. Always keep on ticking by involving yourself in various things and learning new things.

Are you always trying to Get Lots of Things Done, ticking off tasks from your list like a machine, rushing through your schedule?

Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not ticking us off for a change.

Much of what we do to wind down may relax the body, but the mind is still ticking over.

With clock ticking down, he will need to see how teams shape up around the league.

However, it is still time to walk leisurely, general water between the flow from our fingers, and "ticking away" to the sound stream.

CONCLUSIONS: Campsis grandiflora spray could be used for part pa in, ticking and swelling is which stung by mosquito and insect.

I could go on and on, ticking off the things that Microsoft needs to fix.

The fans keep their clubs ticking over, whether it be buying the merchandise or stumping up the cash for match day and season tickets.

He started by ticking off a long list of "irritants, " ending with the ramming of a Russian submarine by a U. S. sub.

The business of the company has been ticking over for some time.

You cannot buy any more time than you're given, and the clock is always ticking.

Plus it helped keep the business ticking over and you never know where things might lead, in terms of sponsorship.

This multitasking hormone keeps your biological clock ticking over, making sure that you are alert during the day and sleepy at night.

On the one hand they slow down the ticking rate of the oscillator , and on the other they drive the hands of the clock or watch .

After the prime minister's ticking-off, the central bank tightened banks' reserve requirements, to rein in their lending.

Most of us steer clear of the doc instead, you rely on your body to give you clues about how things are ticking over.

The film begins and ends with a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad with a bomb under his turban and the sound of ticking.

But, corruption notwithstanding, the economy is ticking over, as the construction cranes that rival the minarets in Kazan's skyline attest.

From the numbers we have collected so far, disease ticking is a non-trivial component of DK total dps.

Still it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room.

Seven more days, he thought, lightly ticking off the second square, which was filled with notes on his work for the day.

even though it's happening slow, i just feel that my life's ticking away a second at a time.

The virus then can choose at a later time to replicate itself, killing the bacterium -- similar to a ticking time bomb, Wood says.

Death-like silence, broken only, as the phrase goes, by the ticking of the hall clock, and not a soul is sight.

You need to do this and you need to do it before your time runs out. The clock is ticking, and I'm.

In terms of everything being right and ticking the right boxes, the infrastructure, the passion, the fans, we hope we will get it.

This phenomenon reveals how our span of attention fluctuates, for the intensity of the ticking is actually constant.

There would be many, Cui told me, ticking off trade, energy, environment, and people-to-people exchanges, among others.

However, studio time was ticking at over a hundred dollars an hour and so I had decided to end the session early letting him go.

But failure to do so will leave the clock ticking down towards the next crisis.

And everywhere was silence-the strange silence that comes only to a room where the clock has stopped ticking.

Use them, and you'll find the pump clock ticking slower, regardless of your current strength or ability.

Please show your attendance card every time before you come into the classroom, and your teacher will be in charge of ticking the card.

It has given new hope to ambitious career women who are also under the pressure of a ticking biological clock.

They won't be in Europe, where birth rates fell comparatively gradually and now show some signs of ticking up.

Our modern passion for fact-collection and box-ticking rather than a deep comprehension of the world around us would have horrified him too.

Essentially a ticking bomb versus one that's already released its power in a more gradual way.

The news is full of food safety horror stories. Use by this date. Sell by that date. You can almost hear the ticking.

But with the clock ticking, experts see it as all but certain GM will follow its smaller rival Chrysler into federal bankruptcy court.

A manager who spends most matches glancing at his watch must realise the clock is ticking on his time at Old Trafford.

Real life is not Life the board game, an orderly ticking of boxes till we fill up our plastic station wagons and become millionaires.

Students write the words then listen to the song, ticking off the words as they hear them.

A ticking biological clock sometimes isn't enough. That's where science steps in and helps it along.

But the ocean protected area is basically flat line until right about now -- it appears to be ticking up.

You think your clock is ticking?

With the Kyoto agreement ticking towards expiry, talks on a new treaty have stumbled on seemingly incompatible demands.

But with the clock ticking towards another potential funding expiration, signs of compromise and progress remain elusive.

first choice to accept the document, before the department can check out the duties ticking to accept the document of a group.

Listen carefully and notice how the ticking increases in apparent intensity.

Prices are also ticking up in the UK.

I have often wondered, though, just how far he would go with his ethically abhorrent and intellectually flawed "ticking bomb" scenario.

"She's pretty, she's nice, she's intuitive, " Robin said, casually ticking off the qualities.

The ticking of the clock began to bring itself into notice.

One-size-fits-all solutions are a ticking bomb for a portal project!

And she began ticking them off on her fingers.

Fear, meanwhile, is receding: Stocks are up and emerging-market currencies are ticking higher.

The Earth's clock has slowed down and the ticking sound of those hands becomes feint.

I do not hear a biological clock ticking, only the nerve wrecking ticks of bombs yet to explode.

Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.

Although Morocco is a stable, friendly nation, the imbalance makes phosphorus a geostrategic ticking time bomb.

Listen to that ticking away out the window, crackling crackling rain broke the quiet of the night.

Mr. Lee gave his son a good ticking-off because he had been staying out too late at night.

of the deep silence of the room; there was only the steady ticking of the wall clock's pendulum.

The team understand that the clock is ticking down and that we can't lose any more points.

There will not be a ticking clock on a nuclear device.

In recent months China-watchers have started worrying that the country's local-government debt is a ticking time bomb.

Manufacturing is now at a 28-year low and the headline unemployment rate is ticking up towards a predicted peak of 10%.

Even so, the clock is ticking, especially for tablets, where the competition will get fiercer.

He admits a preference for transforming organisations, rather than keeping them ticking over.

Whitout felling , whitout love , whitout sorrow , whitout anger , breath just a clock ticking !

Initially the subsidy was for nine months and designed to kick-start lending and give industry the funds to keep plants ticking over.

Roman Pavlyuchenko put a ticking bomb under Spurs' Final build-up last night by suggesting he wanted to play for Manchester United.

The safety of operations requires that all questions should be answered affirmatively by clearly ticking the appropriate box.

The clock is ticking down now on Iran towards the next meeting.

As we were waiting for the greenlight at the crossroad, the taxi's meter kept ticking away.

The beat goes on and the body count just keeps ticking. When are we getting out? When will the government give up this madness?

For now, consumer prices remain benign, although they are ticking higher on a headline basis and after stripping out food.

Both sectors are ticking time bombs for the oil-addicted and aging America, and both are currently a mess.

Ticking clock indeed. Already it's time to turn clocks forward one hour this Sunday morning, March 8th.

That key was magic to me. It kept our family's magnificent clock ticking and chiming .

Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on, ask them if they hear something ticking.

But while I was on holiday, I tried to work hard and keep myself ticking over.

Jewel Palovak: Thank you. Oh my gosh! It's still ticking! It's like a circle! I can't believe it still ticks.

To compose a laundry list, you can work directly from the pile of soiled garments, ticking them off one by one.

Cocoa and Objective-C are Apple's biggest strength, you say, not a ticking technology time bomb!

Indicate whether your shipment contains dangerous goods or dry ice by ticking the appropriate box.

The clock is always ticking.

Similarly the second always keeps on ticking to attain short-term goals[5] of making a minute with 60 ticks.

But the state remains responsible for keeping the overall macroeconomy ticking over.

Raul is really a pragmatist and for all of them the clock on bread and butter issues starts ticking now.

Not using your common sense when driving the equivalent of a ticking time bomb is a stupid way to die.

The Copenhagen Conference is less than 20 days away. The clock is ticking.

You can narrow your search to include WHO publications by ticking the box next to "Search WHO publications. "

Rather, it's the seething, angry types with underlying hostility who are the ticking time bombs.

The clock is ticking, too unknowingly went to five o'clock and I finished all the papers posted.

The moments of your precious life are ticking away.

Ticking off programs and statistics, he seemed supremely confident.

This week you could hear the clock ticking.

With the clock ticking, reports from Capitol Hill say the committee has been deadlocked on partisan lines.

At the very least, Paulson's unprecedented move defuses one ticking time bomb.

Big Ben, the landmark London clock renowned for its accuracy and chimes , stopped ticking for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday.

Every point will add up from now to the end of the season, so we just need to keep it ticking along.

I could hear the clock on the wall ticking .

KA: And there was therefore this ticking clock?

The global economic picture has also improved, with even lagging U. S. jobs creation ticking up.

Any pattern is acceptable and any white area may be flecked with red ticking.

Faults - Heavy ticking on Blenheims or Tricolors, white marks on Rubies or Black and Tans .

The advisory business is ticking over too, as waves of companies seek to restructure debts.

You can also feel it when you listen to the clock ticking steadily, so considerate as not to disturb a sweet dream.

Meanwhile, global population is ticking skyward.

for the intensity of the ticking is actually constant.

My clock was ticking, my nerves were frayed and my toes and fingers numb from the cold.

That night she was sure she could hear the watch ticking in her dresser.

So what about the economic consequences of this ticking debt bomb?

You tune in next week for the resolution because the mystery is ticking away in the back of your mind.

In long, low-ceilinged rooms, there were ticking grandfather clocks and rugs from India and dark barley-twisted furniture.

the clock will be ticking, because they have only a few weeks to get their work done before leaving again for Christmas.

I ran through his favorite foods in my head, mentally ticking off those that were suddenly forbidden. Milk?

Intriguingly , Ferguson, who has already set the clock ticking on his managerial career, will be 68.

There is also a sense of achievement that comes with ticking off each task.

Indeed, inner clocks can sometimes cause trouble even when they're ticking away smoothly.

The clock of climate change is ticking in these magnificent landscapes.

There are no prizes for ticking off every item on your to do list everyday.

Ever since then, it's been, like, a ticking clock.

This is a time bomb ticking underneath the state system created by Mr Karimov.

In the silence, I could hear the old clock ticking away in the hall.

It's amazing how a ticking timer can really get me moving. It's actually kind of fun.

The preliminary call, a prolonged, slow ticking , is given when the male notice a female near him.

Could you foresee it's like a ticking time bomb?

like a good machine that's ticking over?

I almost felt like having a brief "English Corner" moment, but the clock was ticking.

There is a potential time bomb ticking away on the shelves of the stellar evolutionists.

And the Greek situation is like a ticking bomb.

But the clock was ticking and something still had to be done with Karla.

Get your body cycling with the cosmos again, instead of the ticking clock.

Time is ticking away for the next two big events Ascension day and the feast day of Pentecost.

The meter just keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still!

Students . . . would keep the place ticking over in the evening.

A ticking biological clock was a factor for only 21 percent of women.

Man wont take action about anything unless he feels the date is set and the clock is ticking.

It might all be rubbish, but it's still keeping the mind ticking over.

The clock may continue ticking for two weeks or so before a final price is reached.

The office is filled with clocks. I count 17, not all of them ticking.

He should have given me a ticking-off.

Assad what you have lost will never get back, now the time bomb is ticking to blast you in pieces.

But for those who count in human years, the clock is definitely ticking.

In Washington, D. C. , the clock is ticking down to midnight on Friday.

The meter just keeps a ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.

well, the clock's ticking. i'd better climb aboard. thanks again and god bless!

Bank failures, almost unheard of in recent years, are ticking up.

Change the oil regularly to keep the engine ticking over at full efficiency.

Kiefer Sutherland makes plea for drunk-driving arrest; opts for more jail time so 24 will keep on ticking.

The clock keeps ticking down. Eventually, the buzzer will sound and the game will be over.

Integrity courses are merely a box-ticking exercise.

Second second, in the ticking sound in the passage of the.

We began making adjustments and soon were ticking off weeks.

The clock started ticking for Nobel Peace laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in 2007.

That clock is ticking for you.

The neighborhood's a time bomb and it's ticking on time.

The trouble is that the clock is ticking, not least because George Bush's trade-promotion authority expires next June.

Her biological clock was ticking and she really wanted to have a baby.

Candidates perform simple operations such as selecting and ticking, writing words and phrases in gaps, or answering open-ended questions.

I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.

"It seems like there's a ticking time bomb, " Ms. Paster said.

Am I listening to my heartbeat or the ticking of the clock?

6 The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

There are even dedicated websites that assist people in ticking items off the list.

More box-ticking and hoop-jumping will only make that harder.

Jennifer and many of the other young women realize the clock is ticking -- and it's not ticking in their favor.

If there's one thing we ought to take from watching the gorilla film it is that texting while driving is a ticking time bomb.

Next day, I asked the principal, which bird's night ticking sound was so loud that can go through the window to wake up me in snoring sleep?

I have information about her disa earance. . . I can help you to find her. The clock is ticking on this. encer. are you in, or not?

You can specify which languages Google returns results in, ticking as many (or few) boxes as you like.

It was funny, though, how the ticking noise was louder here in the room.

But can it do more than keep the circadian clock ticking?

The clock is ticking. Your arrogance and pomposity is overwhelmi­ ng me SIR!

It's a ticking time-bomb, and the residents know it, but can do nothing about it.

Why can't they hear this market timebomb ticking?

The teletype is ticking out messages.

With two dozen time bombs ticking inside her?

I prayed for time to speed up and make the bell ring, but the clock kept on ticking one second at a time.

But the clock is ticking in many coastal cities.

When the fly lays its eggs it starts a biological clock ticking.

Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall.

The future for mankind is looking extremely bleak. The clock is ticking. . .

Once you come into contact with poison ivy, the clock starts ticking: You have about 15 minutes to get rid of the urushiol.

Time is ticking out, baby my heart is shrinking as well.

While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.

i hear the ticking of the clock, I'm lying here, the room's pitch dark. I wonder where you are tonight, no answer on the telephone.

This is because active, strong muscles need more calories to keep them ticking over than inactive ones do.

There it was, ticking away, louder than ever.

Just try and keep things ticking over while I'm away.

In truth, the Bush program is a ticking bomb.

I think we're the more needy sex and we're conscious of our biological clocks ticking.