1 Miss La Trobe nicked the lock and hoisted the heavy case of gramophone records to her shoulder.
2 Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT 3 The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE 4 Stepping back, he put his hand upon the lock.
5 Stephen followed him out, and Tom closed the room door, and held the lock in his hand.
6 Away with this prating dotard," said Front-de Boeuf, "lock him up in the chapel, to tell his beads till the broil be over.
7 The old gentleman looked almost as rueful as Oliver when the key grated in the lock.
8 'Hear me speak a word,' rejoined Fagin, laying his hand upon the lock.
9 Sikes made no reply; but, pulling open the door, of which Fagin had turned the lock, dashed into the silent streets.
10 'Open the door of some place where I can lock this screeching Hell-babe,' cried Sikes fiercely; running to and fro, and dragging the boy, now, as easily as if he were an empty sack.
11 There was a few minutes' interval, and then the key turned in the lock, the door opened, and Eustacia herself confronted him.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian 12 Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP 13 You must lock yourself up from him to-night.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 14 I threw myself, screaming, against the door, and dragged with my nails at the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 15 Holmes went to the bureau first and looked hard at the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET