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Examples
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The tap-tap-tap of hammers hitting shells could be heard throughout the French Quarter facility as workers busily pried open oysters and shipped their slippery meats to restaurants across the city.
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An urgent tap-tap-tap, which again is met by silence.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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In that moment of mock silence I actually did hear something: a commanding voice growing closer and clearer, punctuated by the tap-tap-tap of heels hitting the floor.
FRONT PAGE FACE-OFF Jo Whittemore 2010
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There was a rapid tap-tap-tap of heels in the corridor outside the schoolroom before the door was flung open, extravagantly wide.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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An urgent tap-tap-tap, which again is met by silence.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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In that moment of mock silence I actually did hear something: a commanding voice growing closer and clearer, punctuated by the tap-tap-tap of heels hitting the floor.
FRONT PAGE FACE-OFF Jo Whittemore 2010
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In that moment of mock silence I actually did hear something: a commanding voice growing closer and clearer, punctuated by the tap-tap-tap of heels hitting the floor.
FRONT PAGE FACE-OFF Jo Whittemore 2010
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An urgent tap-tap-tap, which again is met by silence.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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An urgent tap-tap-tap, which again is met by silence.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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In that moment of mock silence I actually did hear something: a commanding voice growing closer and clearer, punctuated by the tap-tap-tap of heels hitting the floor.
FRONT PAGE FACE-OFF Jo Whittemore 2010
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