As soon as the burglar was inside, I crept forward and quietly shut the door, shooting the top bolt.

Then I silently shot the bottom bolt and noisily drew back the top one.

But so did I; and, the hall being unobstructed by furniture, I got there first and shot the top bolt.

Bolt the door and let them come up to us; and we will kill themkill!kill!kill!'

"The door slammed, the key turned in the lock and a heavy bolt was shot.

I had closed the door of the murderers' room and locked it, but had not shot the bolt.

"The bolt of the lock shot back; the door creaked softly.

An ember in the dying fire snapped with a sound like the report of a small pistol and Rod sat bolt upright, awake, staring, trembling.

I listeneda large iron bolt fastened my door.

Stand by to do a bolt soon as 'e turns the corner.

Do what I tell yer, an' stand by to bolt.

Arthur Miles, posted by the bolt-hole, held his breath at the sound of voices without, by the waterside.

We're in a tight corner, Arthur Miles, an' nothing for it but bolt while they're talkin'.

Or was it the blood rushing to her ears as she sat bolt upright in the darkness, listening, breathing hard?

With a turn of the hand, scarcely stirring from her recumbent posture, the Fat Lady closed the door and shot its small brass bolt.

He never ran away before, but when he saw that bear he gave a great shy and a bolt, and he was off.

He looks as if he were all ready to bolt again.

There a great salmon rose and fell, gleaming like a bolt of silver in the sun!

Still, he said, there was further venom to be added to the bolt, and he showed that the two had parted after the rejoicings on Portsdown Hill with a challenge all but uttered between them, the Whig upholding religious liberty, the Tory hotly defending such honour as the King possessed, and both parting in anger.

Then we went to Bolt Court, where old Samuel Johnson lived, walked about, and talked, and then to another court where he lived when he wrote the dictionary, and after that to the "Cheshire Cheese" Inn, where he and Oliver Goldsmith often used to take their meals together.

The reporter will say of such a horse that he (1) "shot his bolt," or (2) "cried peccavi," or (3) "cried a go," or (4) "compounded," or (5) "exhibited signals of distress," or (6) "fired minute guns," or (7) "fell back to mend his bellows," or (8) "seemed to pause for reflection.

Thus they raced to the bend, where Burglar Bill cried peccavi, and Cudlums having shot her bolt, Sobriety was left in front, only to be challenged by Cropeared Sue, who had been coming through her horses with a wet sail.

" Monckton winced and turned his head away, debating in his mind whether he should affect indignation and sympathy, and pretend to court inquiry, or should wait till lunch-time, and then empty the cash-box and bolt.

So then I lay it down, and may it lie A bolt not harmful, now the thunder's past.

As he rode out of the city toward the camp, a bolt of lightning struck the ground beside him and a mighty crash of thunder rolled overhead.