The nut kept playing rat-a-tat-tat on the wall with his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of a Deathtime]
I fell back asleep, but then again I woke to a rat-a-tat-tat. From Wordnik.com. [Full Frontal Nudity] Reference
All the children jumped when they heard the loud rat-a-tat-tat. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Secret Room]
From the thicket near the road came the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Hawk's Lady]
This bloke's in bed with his missus when theres a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. From Wordnik.com. [catpewk Diary Entry] Reference
She was a reporter on MTV when they still did the rat-a-tat-tat news updates. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Reidy: Celebrigenics] Reference
They all went out again, just as they heard a rat-a-tat-tat at the front door. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Vanished Prince]
This time the ugly rat-a-tat-tat of the machineguns sounded pleasantly far away. From Wordnik.com. [The Venus Trap]
He gives a shout — there is a rat-a-tat-tat against my fuselage, hit after hit. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
They had a metal toothed bar around the waist that closed around you, rat-a-tat-tat. From Wordnik.com. [Busted in Beijing] Reference
The first they heard of him was the frantic rat-a-tat-tat of the heavy brass knocker. From Wordnik.com. [The Body Ricardo] Reference
As Ashton ran up them, he could hear the metal rat-a-tat-tat of people following him. From Wordnik.com. [Law of Attraction] Reference
I reckon Chis Ryan writes in this font, bashing it out on the keyboard, rat-a-tat-tat. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea] Reference
The familiar old rat-a-tat-tat rapid-fire delivery from the dispatch box was unashamed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
Everywhere there was panelling, and Snubby went along knocking at the walls, rat-a-tat-tat!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rat-A-Tat Mystery]
He acknowledges their thanks with a nod, and a rat-a-tat-tat of questions about their lives today. From Wordnik.com. [Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives] Reference
And Ellroy's rat-a-tat-tat narration gives his self-laeerating account a sense of brakeless free fall. From Wordnik.com. [Tracking Mommy] Reference
He slows things down in an effort not to get caught in the rat-a-tat-tat that can take over a briefing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2009] Reference
The dialogue has that rat-a-tat-tat screwball delivery so beloved of Sorkin's best work on The West Wing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
However, there's only so far that the rat-a-tat-tat rapid succession of HQ press releases can do to fire up the troops. From Wordnik.com. [SNP Home? Nationalist List?] Reference
Elsewhere, Marrs's biography becomes pretty much a rat-a-tat-tat of Welty's many publications, trips, parties, and dinners. From Wordnik.com. [A Pondered Life] Reference
The rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire blares from the game's speakers and the Humvees shake from the simulated blasts of roadside bombs. From Wordnik.com. [War Games: Army Lures Civilians] Reference
Blogger Toddler was a little creeped out by the constant rat-a-tat-tat of firecrackers -- not to mention the dragons dancing down Broadway. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
He knocked on the door, rat-a-tat-tat, and, luckily, the doctor was at home. From Wordnik.com. [Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories] Reference
A man is sleeping in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. From Wordnik.com. [DeadDog] Reference
The droning of the bagpipes, the rat-a-tat-tat of the drummers, I never tire of it. From Wordnik.com. [comMITTed to Romney!] Reference
Even if it were not, though, his rat-a-tat-tat of qualifiers hardly instills confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Anchor Rising] Reference
My eyes had closed but a moment when rat-a-tat-tat on the mixing pan announced breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador] Reference
In rat-a-tat-tat fashion, callers will swap booyahs and holler a ticker symbol Cramer's way. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.com Headlines] Reference
Biden's authority is beginning to pierce the rat-a-tat-tat of Palin's Bush-style soundbites. From Wordnik.com. [Obsidian Wings] Reference
In rat-a-tat-tat fashion, callers will swap boo-yahs and holler a ticker symbol Cramer's way. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] Reference
There was a rat-a-tat-tat on the door and Churchill swung the door open to President Roosevelt!. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
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