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1  Ralph leaned on his arms and did not go.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
2  The officer leaned down and looked closely at Ralph.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
3  Robert leaned lightly on the lever and the rock groaned.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
4  Piggy leaned forward and put a fragment of wood on the fire.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
5  The fat boy glanced over his shoulder, then leaned toward Ralph.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
6  Near to Ralph's elbow a palm sapling leaned out over the lagoon.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
7  They hauled Piggy clear of the wreckage and leaned him against a tree.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
8  Ralph leaned against a tree and at once the daydreams came swarming up.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
9  This one, against which Jack leaned, moved with a grating sound when they pushed.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
10  He leaned his spear against the rocking stone and pushed back two handfuls of hair.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
11  High above, Roger took his hands off the lever and leaned out to see what was going on.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
12  High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
13  And look, Ralph"--Piggy glanced round quickly, then leaned close--"don't let on we was in that dance.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
14  These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
15  A great tree, fallen across one corner, leaned against the trees that still stood and a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
16  Assembly after assembly had broken up in laughter when someone had leaned too far back and the log had whipped and thrown half a dozen boys backwards into the grass.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
17  The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
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