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The two bailiffs muscled him through the door and his frantic shouts echoed through the courthouse for what seemed like an eternity.

The fire burns through dozens of homes before frantic villagers are able to put down the blaze.

Roland was running, the sound of his footfalls frantic, pounding through the darkness ahead of him.

Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate.

She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux, and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow.

Morrel uttered a loud exclamation, and frantic, doubtful, dazzled, AS though by a celestial vision, he fell upon his knees.

The child's parents were frantic when she did not return home on time.

As I write this I'm ending a frantic week trying to get everything together before we go on holiday (vacation) to Gozo.

The bird began to get frantic, so he began to throw stuff around in an attempt to locate the mouse.

When he arrived home on that day, he discovered his wife, frantic at being out of touch with him for so long.

By Wednesday, the panic buying of water and attempts to get out of the city were not as frantic as in previous days.

My husband, though, was no less frantic in his pursuit to get his disabled wife out of these circumstances.

From the point of view of an investor, all this frantic trading is just noise.

Leamer got a frantic call from a woman who was at the annual ball of a Jewish charity.

A dignified middle-aged man decided to pick a dress for his wife, but soon he found himself being battered by frantic women.

Montaigne declared that: "In love, there is nothing but a frantic desire for what flees from us. "

Parker describes the early '80s as a frantic time, with the company going through "some choppy water within a general industry malaise. "

In a frantic effort to preserve jobs, officials are trying to stimulate the domestic economy to make up for lost export growth.

It often feels as if all this frantic activity creates a constant state of twitchy anxiety, as any addiction usually does.

In a frantic effort to catch up in recent months, Beijing has been directing thousands of enterprises to close obsolete factories.

I answered it, and a frantic-sounding woman asked if I could come over right away because there was water all over the place.

Patty spots Gary racing toward her, a frantic look on his face and suitcases in his hands!

Fear gnaws at you: "I may never make it back to safety. " Just as all hope is fading, your frantic eyes see a dim light in the distance.

The urgency with which the deal was struck, in frantic negotiations last weekend, was a symptom of this.

By the time the frantic talks concluded last Sunday night, Mr Cayne's stake in Bear, worth more than $1bn a year ago, was reduced to $14m.

The Associated Press reported that as many as 2, 000 people had flocked there in a frantic attempt to leave the country.

Despite these frantic moves in the immediately affected markets, however, there was no sharp sell-off in other asset classes.

After hiiting the pavement all day in Central and over on frantic Kowloon it was really nice to head back to this hotel.

As an adult, that sort of schedule would leave me stressed out, cranky and frantic.

Softly, the wind was flowing from side to side, devoid of its frantic strength of the night.

He beat a frantic tattoo with his hands on the door.

The virus quickly spreads around the world, triggering widespread panic and a frantic search for a cure.

After several frantic days of trying to find the bug, Microsoft finally fixed the problem last Friday and reset escrow.

In a 12-hour marathon of many rounds of frantic bidding, Chinese companies grabbed the top ranks among the big spenders for next year.

Eventually, Ted followed the frantic Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty paused to race back and bark encouragingly. The little dog led.

"Each mealtime has turned into a frantic feeding frenzy as they fight for meaty chunks of trout, prawns and mussels, " she added.

On hearing that she had won first prize in the competition, she was frantic with joy.

They held me for 20 minutes and made frantic phone calls before letting me go once they were satisfied my camera's memory was empty.

The biggest worry of all is the rush of new supply. The pace of development is often frantic, nowhere more so than in China.

I watched Kristi standing near the end of her line of players, looking frantic.

The next few months were full of frantic searches for a position that would take me into my retirement.

In the han Chinese fear of the wen xu the solution record on the word: "the KangChu less frantic jumble as vessel, Shu wine. "

Feeling frantic and disconnected I kissed her, and then she was wheeled away through the unforgiving doors of the operating suite.

The frantic bombing only underlined the weakness of the enemy.

Five: Be like a puppy and apply short, wet and frantic licks on her erect nipple.

He smokes cigarette after cigarette and has not changed out of the Che Guevara T-shirt and blue jeans he wore on that frantic afternoon.

Reed, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in, without farther parley.

Calling was a new mother, frantic after spotting an odd mark on her baby daughter.

When such a central pillar of the American story is falling apart, frantic moms and dads hardly know what to think.

The promotional programme that would launch Montayne was now proceeding at a frantic tempo as the February deadline neared.

Some had been waiting for three days, sleeping in cars, in an increasingly frantic effort to get dollars and euros.

It was the frantic response to falling sales that laid the groundwork for the earnings renaissance.

With the Obama administration in the saddle, prospectsappear favorable for a continuation of this kind of frantic policy activism.

Activity does not necessarily equal productivity, especially when it is frantic and on the verge of being out of control.

The phone behind the bullion counter rings off the hook as a frantic sales clerk tries to answer buyers' questions .

The result is ever greater uncertainty about all kinds of short-term decision-making, as well as frantic realignments of every variety.

This leads to very frantic browsing behavior: we jump from one piece of content to another, from one website to the next .

There was a frantic rush to get everything ready for the unexpected inspection from the superiors.

His communications director, Robert Gibbs, warned reporters that the trip might get a little frantic.

Another one is in the commercial pop culture, expressed by the scene of frantic audience driven by the non-observable singer.

The pace of development is often frantic, nowhere more so than in China.

It seemed like the yellow- bellied birds never gave up, never stopped their frantic flapping in pursuit of food.

By that time the Italian army was nothing but a frantic mob .

There has been less frantic hyperactivity, less bling, more discretion, more delegation, less promotion of his private life.

Mitchell phoned the White House, setting off a frantic campaign to court perhaps a dozen moderate Republicans.

Wired magazine's recent feature on how technology is changing the sex trade led to a frantic orgy of media coverage.

and of course, they were frantic because this thing happened at about quarter of eight in the morning.

She can deal with all types of music with an extreme ease, from the most intangible to the most frantic.

The crowd-intoxicated individual escapes from responsibility, intelligence and morality into a kind of frantic, animal mindlessness .

This will prevent that frantic last-minute scouring of the house as you look for lost items.

"Get off the damned computer and go downstairs for breakfast. NOW! ! ! ! " I message. Frantic footsteps rush past my bedroom door.

The joy on his face and his frantic race to the dugout to celebrate with his coach and team-mates live on in the collective memory.

Frantic negotiations to pass California's budget took place as the process to lay off thousands of state workers began.

It was then that I heard the frantic sound of footsteps running down the road toward our house.

Frantic after losing track of her, they went to the police while neighbours organised search parties.

There came a frantic knock at the doctor's office door. "Come in, Come in, " the impatient doctor said, " before you wake the dead. "

The bank was closed for the day and they were looking quite frantic.

My arm is sore where the protester grabbed me, and my heart is beating out a frantic rhythm in my chest.

For three days, the child's frantic family had believed she was lost to them for ever.

After frantic negotiations, the parties in Latvia's ruling coalition agreed to a package of austerity measures to secure IMF aid.

Why do I feel frantic when I first wake up in the morning?

Falling prices for manufactured goods though was a good thing for frantic consumers in the west, particularly in the US.

Which helps explain why Miyazaki's films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation.

Some lost sight of their targets in the clouds, then had to make frantic corrections as they broke clear.

Despite frantic explanations, Colombia is now distanced from Brazil and Chile.

They clapped their hands and went frantic with admiration .

There was a frantic rush to get everything ready for the queen's visit.

I love it for its choice of relevant subject matter, and for its frantic and unpredictable pace.

Certain goods were selling extremely well; in fact, demand for staple foods, weapons, and spell components was almost frantic.

Such exclusions speak to the album's sharp focus-- to move everything forward while constantly tipping on the brink of frantic instability.

Such exclusions speak to the album's sharp focus-- to move everything forward while constantly tipping on the brink of frantic instability.

But Taiwan is entering a lengthy season of frantic politics in which a nuanced debate about trade will be an early casualty.

She felt vaguely comforted, strengthened by the picture, and some of her hurt and frantic regret was pushed from the top of her mind.

She provoked me till I felt quite frantic, yet she herself pretended to be indifferent and aloof.

Their frantic efforts to get word of their families are thwarted by downed telephone lines and disrupted cellular phone base stations.

Back in Europe my parents were frantic with worry.

The attack continued for an hour or more, allegedly ignoring frantic appeals to halt.

Then I had gotten this call from one of our guests, he was frantic that he had lost his valuables in the cab on the way to the hotel.

In recent weeks the bond markets have become frantic about the sorry state of Ireland's economy, public finances and banks.

This behavior makes it plausible to imagine a fisherman being struck and knocked unconscious by a frantic arapaima.

Unions, employers and government have begun frantic talks to see if they can agree on more reforms to collective bargaining.

But in a world dedicated to distraction, silence and stillness terrify us; we protect ourselves from them with noise and frantic busyness.

At first there was a burst of static, then immediately a succession of piercing, frantic, chilling screams.

Yet despite frantic efforts to clean up Beijing in time for the Olympics in August, athletes still doubt the air will be fit to breathe.

You all got into a frantic race. What's the use of such methods, even if you.

frantic with anger and frustration; frenetic screams followed the accident; a frenzied look in his eye.

Such is the state of the media business these days: frantic and fatigued.

Karyn McConnell Hancock's frantic husband soon took to the media, pleading for the return of his wife, who is six months pregnant.

Meanwhile, up above, a frantic, unified rescue effort by Russian, Japanese, British, and American personnel was underway.

IT WAS another of those frantic weeks that were never meant to happen in the world's most advanced economy.

In the past month, those at NASA have been almost frantic about the appearance of Planet X on their SOHO images.

Cherian George, a political commentator, says the younger generation no longer supports the frantic dash for progress.

Keeping such a frantic pace only leaves you exhausted and not of much use to the people depending on you.

A nuclear power plant in the midst of a catastrophic failure, a nation transfixed, frantic efforts to bring the situation under control.

"I don't like that, " says Dad, all frantic. "I did not like seeing that. "

Knowing You crazy fan you, on the Internet frantic search your information, you' an, it seems that they cannot control their own.

I'm running around with this brush now looking for rubbing alcohol when, of course, her parents come home. I look frantic.

But after a lengthy time-out and frantic diplomacy from the UN and Danish hosts, it was agreed that the twin-track approach would continue.

China's high-speed railways have been expanding at a frantic pace and at great cost, but have recently been beset by technical problems.

It took 10 days for officials to track down the bear family using baited traps and following up frantic leads by concerned residents.

The merry, frantic din of school rose up around them, louder and louder, as Yemen, fascinating and dusty, drifted farther away.

Attrition is commonplace on design and development teams, causing a frantic struggle to find the right replacements.

Racing the rising tide, frantic travelers mired on a remote beach signal the photographer's plane for help.

The port in this town on Russia's Black Sea coast should be frantic with activity to send the country's wheat harvest world-wide.

Tremors registering at a magnitude of 3. 9 were felt in Beijing, provoking frantic evacuations at office towers throughout the city.

I knew only too well the nearly frantic insecurity felt by him after every public performance.

Richard makes a frantic motion for him to quit but to no avail.

The Arctic Sea then slipped through the Channel and "disappeared" on or around 30 July, prompting a frantic international search.

A battery changing position at a frantic gallop scattered the stragglers right and left.

"Dad! " I yelled, wide-eyed with a frantic, quivering voice.

He watched the tiny mammal freeze and roll its terrified eyes about in frantic search of the intruder.

But some doubt Hyundai will be able to keep up its frantic pace.

he had been suffocating in that atmosphere , while the apprentices chatter had driven him frantic.

He stood up. His heart was leaping against his ribs like a frantic bird.

Perhaps this accounts for the frantic urgency in the air: we know that we are running out of time.

Unfortunately, Mr Zapatero's frantic week abroad coincided with trouble at home.

They found the poor old man half frantic with grief and anger.

He sent a thin thread of power behind the golden eyes, passing it easily through the frantic shields Ryel sought to erect.

Animals and humans are reduced to simple, angular shapes that increase the tension and frantic movement.

But more clearly than all the yelling, I could hear Edward Cullen's low, frantic voice in my ear.

As I watched the cooking time expanding into hours, not minutes, I became frantic.

In its frantic final days, MF drew down its credit lines, leaving many banks exposed.

DREAM: You are surprised to find yourself naked in a public place and are making frantic attempts to shield your body.

The broad-based buying became so frantic in the afternoon that the South Korean exchange was forced to halt trading for five minutes.

A chorus of frantic users has posted complaints on Microsoft's online forum that all of their messages have disappeared.

I was in Cairo then covering the revolution at Tahrir Square and received a frantic call: Would I put the video online?

The rumor started a frantic and wonderful time for us and for other research groups.

When she discovered her baby had disappeared, she was greatly frantic .

The frantic effort by mothers and grandmothers to locate their missing children has never let up.

After a frantic search, I'm told he settled my mother hastily in the car before spinning off at a reckless speed.

The rumor of Akimitsu's discovery started a frantic and wonderful time for us and for other research groups.

For three days, the baby's frantic family had believed she was lost to them forever.

The look was far worse to resist than the frantic strain; only an idiot, however, would have succumbed now.

Yahoo! 's board is reportedly planning to meet on Friday April 11th to consider a frantic week of move and counter-move.

We lived for 50 years on the legacy built up by 184 years of frantic building.

Frantic for fast solutions, the developer becomes reactive.

In the frantic hours after Wells was killed, the cops tried completing the hunt themselves.

The Alibaba Group's "live data monitoring room" offers a snapshot of frantic activity.

Rosemary was frantic to get the money back.

Early Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, two days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Blanco was frantic.

Far in back of the huge auditorium, a camera scans the frantic attendees.

The past two weeks have provided a perfect illustration of the markets' frantic footwork.

Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic by now.

With a frantic gesture, he rushed out of the room.

Everyone was so frantic rushing here and there that someone was forgotten--Israel's true king and military leader, God.

There will always be pockets of luxury and stillness in the midst of frantic capitalism.

things in the office are frantic right now.

Do you cast a frantic look into the mirror every morning after the first few days of depilation to check for mini hair-growths?

In some respects, the frantic trading of recent months is a natural reaction to the upheaval in the market overall.

Cue a frantic finish, but Germany held on to claim a victory that was probably deserved.

He added that he was making frantic efforts to contact election workers.

Your parents must be getting frantic by now.

The youths are buzzing about in a frantic activity.

Libraries, museums, gardens, and other quiet places can give you a break from the frantic pace of everyday life.

So one returns home, now frantic, all due to delays until too late.

Frantic say-can seek you results have you elope with him to the moon.

He recalls giving away his prized red bike in the frantic few days before his family was interred.

Although players in the Discovery Age don't have very many units, it's a pretty frantic age because there's a lot you'll want to do.

The laughter sounded a little frantic.

They made a frantic research for the lost child.

Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.

Made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.

Climax in this excruciating frantic passion!

A frantic, non-linear journey for AMC's new original series Breaking Bad.

Now these are being unwound, once-rapacious lenders are more circumspect, consumers less flush and car showrooms less frantic.

She was frantic with worry.

She was frantic with grief.

In the real world, Zoe is frantic with worry as her father lies unconscious in a hospital bed.

In the meantime, the frantic response continues.

As in the US in the 1870s, the frantic pace of China's infrastructure boom has pushed up construction costs.

"I didn't see it as a frantic rush to get on the career path, " he says.

For others, it means frantic days of gift-shopping at the mall.

But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women.

I was frantic when I couldn't find my car keys and I was already late to work.

Although XIAO-Yan's frantic promoted Buddhism's development in China it has accelerated the perish of the Liang Dynasty as a result.

What is the work environment like? Calm? Frantic? Stimulating?

I tried to scrub the dye off Clifford. I was getting frantic. . .

Frantic efforts were made escape the sinking ship.

Be leisurely in all these things, no frantic preparations to alarm our friends- It can be done in such a way as to seem natural.

We've been watching quite a lot of frantic sex in our house over the past few weeks.

Many people are like gyroscopes, spinning around at a frantic pace but never going anywhere.

What would you say when you are under work pressure, "stressed out and frantic" or "challenged and energized" ?

I opened my eyes to find the most beautiful, frantic brown eyes.

Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

But those frantic efforts have paid off in many cases.

This plot twist was revealed by Gene and Big Boss' response was believably frantic.

Enter the fast and frantic world of football and build up your ultimate dream team.

Reita: I'd come up with a frantic expression.

You as a people will be frantic and helpless.

He keeps telling Ahsoka she's too frantic and moving too fast.

Sure, in this frantic world of ABC (always be connected), I'm taking a risk by tuning out.

Its remaining days now become frantic.

Sounds of frantic pecking on keyboard.

The hope is that if representative democracy improves, direct democracy may become less frantic too.

They made frantic attempts to revive him.

Frantic, he yelled "Hallelujah" , and they came to a stop a foot from the edge.

I will not be frantic which and the excitement 20 year-old young people will turn one's head.

When I wasn't doing something helpful, I'd get almost frantic.

There is still a lot of frantic fighting going on, though, and clearly the battle is not yet over. It is time to seize the initiative.

When I look back on the past 15 months, I am reminded of the feeling one has when living in Shanghai: great excitement at a frantic pace.

But today's frantic dealmaking means conglomerates such as GE find it harder to argue that they are worth more than the sum of their parts.

'Frantic desire'

In his story, Brand recorded not only the commands, but also the frantic delight of the players.

The young girl was frantic.

Beijing time, and many of the Googlers in Beijing and Shanghai first heard about it when frantic colleagues awakened them.

We turn frantic, and want to quickly make the embarrassment and pain go away.

To find their own Jiemei Tao, occasionally frantic a night, what not?

I was frantic to finish the report on schedule.

In the wake of the toxic milk scandal that has sickened 54, 000 children, many Chinese are frantic for tips on how to eat healthfully.

He was frantic to break it and be free.

Roger Eastman, marine services manager at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, said he received frantic emails and phone calls about the barge.

In China, for example, he sees the frantic lunge for material advancement as more than a mere attempt to emulate the west.

R2 began a series of frantic beeps and whistles and 3PO waved him off.

I was get ting frantic.

If there's one thing we think we can count on, it's that a frantic call to 911 will bring a swift and effective response.

i am frantic , and i need you to call me , please

A frantic, hurly -burly mixture of capitalism and exoticism, Hong Kong has been called the "most thrilling city on the planet. "

But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women. He stood it as long as he could;

The good friar would have applied the consolation of philosophy to his grief's: but this frantic Young man would hear of none

after that he waxed frantic over the money question

The Alibaba Group's "live data monitoring room" offers a snapshot of frantic activity: Chinese firms trading with foreign ones;

They retreated in frantic, disorganized haste

Panic is sudden frantic fear, often groundless:

and the passengers all frantic to a man

Recounted a frantic scene from the kidnapping

Putin Look-alike in Frantic 'Boris Godunov^;

And frantic mad with evermore unrest;

In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter

A frantic wanderer and witness of Gods Law

Fill my head with frantic words