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His father hears a strange moan, makes an odd phone call to his research partner, and goes upstairs to the boy's room with a machete.
One fight takes place at a party, where it's already been established that the long-suffering mum is upstairs reading a book and rolling her eyes at the loud music.
One scene in the movie was Lauren reflecting on her situation, looking out an upstairs window onto the garden -- I can still picture it after all these years.
If your kids suddenly could perform telekinesis, draw ancient mandalas, and vaporize their arms, would you leave them unattended for hours upstairs?
Meanwhile Jane has arrived at her home with bags of clothes that she bought and takes them upstairs to the bedroom.
Of course he's dead in an upstairs bedroom where his S&M equipment is located, along with his collection of exotic weapons, one of which has been used to hack him to death.
At its meeting in Santiago, Chile, in November, the Basel Committee conspicuously failed to agree on a solution, and kicked the issue upstairs to the committee of Governors and Heads of Supervision, which will try again in January.
CHAPTER XXVIIIWHEN VRONSKY AND ANNA REACHED PETERSBURG they put up at one of the best hotels: Vronsky separately on the first floor, and Anna with the baby, the nurse, and a maid, upstairs in a large suite consisting of four rooms.
Vronsky went with Yashvin down to his own rooms, but after sitting with him a while, ran upstairs again.
And from upstairs the view is wonderful.'
But as soon as he entered the semi-circular courtyard, got out of his sledge and entered the porch, where he was met by a hall-porter with a shoulder-belt who noiselessly opened the door and bowed to him; as soon as he saw in the hall the coats and goloshes of those of the members who realized that it was easier to take off their goloshes downstairs than to go up in them; and as soon as he heard the mysterious ring of the bell that announced his ascent; and while mounting the shallow steps of the carpeted stairs perceived the statue on the landing, and saw upstairs the third hall-porter in club livery – whom he recognized, though the man had aged – who opened the door for him without haste or delay, gazing at the new arrival directly he saw all this, Levin was enveloped in the old familiar atmosphere of the place, an atmosphere of repose, ease, and propriety.
The footman consented and went upstairs, asking Levin to step into the waiting-room.
In Moscow he sometimes noticed some grey hairs; fell asleep after dinner; stretched himself; walked slowly upstairs, breathing heavily; felt dull among young women, and did not dance at balls.
After some talking in the hall, some one came upstairs and she heard Vronsky's step outside the drawing-room.
The carriage rolled away; he ran rapidly upstairs again.
But now he re-entered the hall, and some one ran upstairs.
But no one came upstairs and she heard voices below.
'Well, in that case I know what I must do,' said she to herself, and conscious of a vague sense of wrath and a desire for vengeance rising within her, she ran upstairs.
From upstairs was heard the roll of the Prince's voice and of Katavasov's laughter.
At last he said to his wife:"It's Maheu who brings me this gentleman, one of his putters, to see if there is a room for him upstairs, and if we can give him credit for a fortnight."
But she came back immediately, restraining her laughter, stifling her voice, as if she were still upstairs in the bedroom.
While the housemaid went upstairs, the cook forgot her duties, leaving the rest of the brioche on the table, and stood there swinging her empty hands.
And in the silence they heard upstairs the grandfather's snoring, the same rhythmic snoring which had not stopped for a moment.
He only asked if the old man was still sleeping upstairs.
He was an engine-man at the Voreux, and occupied the furnished room upstairs next to his own.
All the modesty of the family had taken refuge in the daily bath, for which the young girl now went upstairs alone, while the men bathed below one after the other.
Father Bonnemort, who was setting out for the pit, growled that those sort of stories wouldn't make the soup better; while the others went upstairs in single file, noticing the dampness of the walls and the pestiferous stuffiness of the air.
"A nice business, keeping watch while your whore of a daughter is kicking her legs upstairs!"
At last they were upstairs again.
But he could not put his hand on it; he reflected that perhaps the young man had left it in his room, where he often wrote at night, and without taking any decision, pursued by the idea of this report, he went upstairs to look for it in the room.
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