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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he moved the beam, the shadow of the grandfather clock in the hall twisted and grew across the ceiling.
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Clock stolen: A grandfather clock worth £1,000 was stolen from a house at Kepwick, near Thirsk.
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No one in the hall except the grandfather clock I'd seen floating in my dream; no one came out of the sitting room.
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She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.
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The grandfather clock in an oak case is one of seven clocks and two barometers in the house.
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The muffled tick of the grandfather clock echoed in one corner.
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The room was silent, apart from the hollow and remorseless tick of a grandfather clock in the corner.
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The solemnly ticking grandfather clock by the door said two minutes to the half hour when Charles heard the Bishop approaching.