1 We heard the servant pass along the hall, and the sharp click of the latch as she opened it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR 2 At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 3 He pushed his plate aside and went to the back place; she heard a latch click, then he came back with cheese on a plate, and butter.
4 When she got near the park-gate, she heard the click of the latch.
5 While they thus watched him a click at the gate was audible, and a knock came to the door.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian 6 Half-past two had chimed, and it was the darkest hour which precedes the dawn, when we all started as a low but sharp click came from the direction of the gate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 7 I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 8 Finally I heard a click, the broad green door swung open, and inside I had a glimpse of a number of paper packets, each tied, sealed, and inscribed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON 9 As I took hold of the handle of the door I heard an exclamation, oddly truncated at the end, and a click and a thud.
10 There was the click of china and the rattle of silver as Pork, the valet-butler of Tara, laid the table for supper.
11 The barbecue had reached its peak and the warm air was full of laughter and talk, the click of silver on porcelain and the rich heavy smells of roasting meats and redolent gravies.
12 Scarlett kissed him and heard him go down the steps into the dark, heard the latch click on the front gate.
13 She heard the front gate click and she hastily raised her head and dashed her hand across her wet eyes.
14 Edna could hear the whispering voices of dead men and the click of muffled gold.
15 But about three o'clock George's ear caught the hasty and decided click of a horse's hoof coming behind them at some distance and jogged Phineas by the elbow.