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1  Simon felt his knees smack the rock.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
2  Let's creep forward on hands and knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
3  They came to the flat top where the rock was hard to hands and knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
4  He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round the sun-slashed faces.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
5  The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
6  The naked crooks of his knees were plump, caught and scratched by thorns.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
7  Jack drew up his legs, clasped his knees, and frowned in an effort to attain clarity.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
8  Before them, something like a great ape was sitting asleep with its head between its knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
9  Piggy had settled himself in a space between two rocks, and sat with the conch on his knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
10  Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph's knees and sat down.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
11  What he saw of the fair-haired boy with the creamy shell on his knees did not seem to satisfy him.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
12  Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
13  At last Ralph ceased to blow and sat there, the conch trailing from one hand, his head bowed on his knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
14  Then, each time the wind dropped, the lines would slacken and the figure bow forward again, sinking its head between its knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
15  The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
16  He was kneeling on one knee, looking down from a higher rock which he held with both hands; his other leg stretched down to Ralph's level.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
17  Here the breeze was fitful and allowed the strings of the parachute to tangle and festoon; and the figure sat, its helmeted head between its knees, held by a complication of lines.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
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